Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was an African kingdom (located in the area of the present-day country of Benin) that existed from about 1600 until 1894, when the last king, Behanzin, was defeated by the French, and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast.

For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor, significant international trade with European powers, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit known as the Dahomey Amazons, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun with the large festival of the Annual Customs of Dahomey.


MILITARY

When going into battle, the king would take a secondary position to the field commander with the reason given that if any spirit were to punish the commander for decisions it should not be the king.[9] Unlike other regional powers, the military of Dahomey did not have a significant cavalry (like the Oyo empire) or naval power (which prevented expansion along the coast). The Dahomey Amazons, a unit of all-female soldiers, is one of the most unusual aspects of the military of the kingdom.

DAHOMEY FEMALE SOLDIERS

The Dahomean state became widely known for its corps of female soldiers. Their origins are debated; they may have formed from a palace guard or from gbetos (female hunting teams).

They were organized around the year 1729 to fill out the army and make it look larger in battle armed only with banners, the women reportedly behaved so courageously they became a permanent corps. In the beginning the soldiers were criminals pressed into service rather than being executed. Eventually, however, the corps became respected enough that King Ghezo ordered every family to send him their daughters, with the most fit being chosen as soldiers.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey

prince9851:
Dahomey (/dəˈhoʊmi/) was an African kingdom (located in the area of the present-day country of Benin) that existed from about 1600 until 1894, when the last king, Behanzin, was defeated by the French, and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a regional power in the 18th century by conquering key cities on the Atlantic coast.

For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, the Kingdom of Dahomey was a key regional state, eventually ending tributary status to the Oyo Empire.[1] The Kingdom of Dahomey was an important regional power that had an organized domestic economy built on conquest and slave labor, significant international trade with European powers, a centralized administration, taxation systems, and an organized military. Notable in the kingdom were significant artwork, an all-female military unit known as the Dahomey Amazons, and the elaborate religious practices of Vodun with the large festival of the Annual Customs of Dahomey.


MILITARY

When going into battle, the king would take a secondary position to the field commander with the reason given that if any spirit were to punish the commander for decisions it should not be the king.[9] Unlike other regional powers, the military of Dahomey did not have a significant cavalry (like the Oyo empire) or naval power (which prevented expansion along the coast). The Dahomey Amazons, a unit of all-female soldiers, is one of the most unusual aspects of the military of the kingdom.

DAHOMEY FEMALE SOLDIERS

The Dahomean state became widely known for its corps of female soldiers. Their origins are debated; they may have formed from a palace guard or from gbetos (female hunting teams).

They were organized around the year 1729 to fill out the army and make it look larger in battle[b], armed only with banners, the women reportedly behaved so courageously they became a permanent corps.[/b] In the beginning the soldiers were criminals pressed into service rather than being executed. Eventually, however, the corps became respected enough that King Ghezo ordered every family to send him their daughters, with the most fit being chosen as soldiers.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey

And where is the history of the flat'heads...non existent generation of ancestors of children of hate and jealousy....

Eshinwaju:


And where is the history of the flat'heads...non existent generation of ancestors of children of hate and jealousy....

Chai

I know its painful to hear d truth like dis
Just take heart my dear brother
I am not d one dat rote history

The terror of Afonjas

@freemancipation, come and see dat tin I was telling u about telling afonjas d bitter truth

chai this osu people eh,at least yoruba spread out of s.west to other country.ighala people dn almost Chase them out of anambra Nd 3million worthless osu died in 1967 to 1970 while ojukwu ran like a shameless coward

Eshinwaju:


And where is the history of the flat'heads...non existent generation of ancestors of children of hate and jealousy....

women beat evil Spirit comot from ur ancestors head u come here dey blame another people wey dey mind their own biziness jeje

ridwanayo:
chai this osu people eh,at least yoruba spread out of s.west to other country.ighala people dn almost Chase them out of anambra Nd 3million worthless osu died in 1967 to 1970 while ojukwu ran like a shameless coward

well
At least d 3million Pple were not killed by mini skirt wearing pregnant women
Or shld I start mentionin all d con3's of d world DAT joined hand with Hausa Fulani and their slaves just to ft against Biafra? Even as we were starving to death, it still took dem 3yrz..and up till today we are still fytin for Biafra

But do u know how long it took dose girls to crush Oyo empire completely??

4days
And DAT was d end of Oyo empire

My brother plz swallow d pain
Don't let it shred ur hart completely
I am on ur side

prince9851:
well
At least d 3million Pple were not killed by mini skirt wearing pregnant women
Or shld I start mentionin all d con3's of d world DAT joined hand with Hausa Fulani and their slaves just to ft against Biafra? Even as we were starving to death, it still took dem 3yrz..and up till today we are still fytin for Biafra

But do u know how long it took dose girls to crush Oyo empire completely??

4days
And DAT was d end of Oyo empire

My brother plz swallow d pain
Don't let it shred ur hart completely
I am on ur side

at least my tribe is not asking for freedom like the tribe of the osu.It's only slaves that ask for freedom.

Igbo people keep carrying yoruba matter on hhead nd keep begging yoruba to release them from the zoo.

btw are u an ebonyi osu or abia osu

LasGidiOwner my igbo brother from anambra come nd see this abia osu oh

ridwanayo:
at least my tribe is not asking for freedom like the tribe of the osu.It's only slaves that ask for freedom.

Igbo people keep carrying yoruba matter on hhead nd keep begging yoruba to release them from the zoo.

btw are u an ebonyi osu or abia osu

LasGidiOwner my igbo brother from anambra come nd see this abia osu oh

Eyaaa
I tried as much as possible to remove all d parts of did article DAT I suspected were going to pierce d heart of afonjas and giv dem hypertension

But it seems dat even d lightest truth is bitter for u Pple

There is nothin I can do again bro
Just let d tears flow freely
Let it not give u hi BP

prince9851:


Eyaaa
I tried as much as possible to remove all d parts of did article DAT I suspected were going to pierce d heart of afonjas and giv dem hypertension

But it seems dat even d lightest truth is bitter for u Pple

There is nothin I can do again bro
Just let d tears flow freely
Let it not give u hi BP

see this osu from abia talking.u keep calling afonja cowards but u av been beating u hairy chest about saving nnamdi kanu,yet the albino osu has used more than a year in the zoo cage.well tellin an osu with compressed skull he his everybody slave is like telling a mad man he his mad he would never agree

prince9851:


Chai

I know its painful to hear d truth like dis
Just take heart my dear brother
I am not d one dat rote history

ipod miscreant... .. go back to school

ridwanayo:
see this osu from abia talking.u keep calling afonja cowards but u av been beating u hairy chest about saving nnamdi kanu,yet the albino osu has used more than a year in the zoo cage.well tellin an osu with compressed skull he his everybody slave is like telling a mad man he his mad he would never agree

Chai
Which of my posts did u see me chest beating of savin KANU?
Frustration is now making u to see double abi?
Please stop suppressin d tears
Let it flow
It is history
D deed has already been done..it is not 'OSU' Pple dat caused dis
We were on our own wen did was happenin
Take hart my dear broda
I stand by u

Eshinwaju:


ipod miscreant... .. go back to school

Honestly
I never knew dis thread will inflict so much pain on or shiny cone shaped skulls
Lol
Can't somebody write history again?

prince9851:

Chai
Which of my posts did u see me chest beating of savin KANU?
Frustration is now making u to see double abi?
Please stop suppressin d tears
Let it flow
It is history
D deed has already been done..it is not 'OSU' Pple dat caused dis
We were on our own wen did was happenin
Take hart my dear broda
I stand by u

Lol why not let's talk about the history of the cursed osu blood.I heard anambra are the free born Nd other igbo's especially abia Nd enugu are the low breed osu

prince9851:

Honestly
I never knew dis thread will inflict so much pain on or shiny cone shaped skulls
Lol
Can't somebody write history again?

Your primitive stupidity is beyond belief...Yorubas will never be your mate....hateful miscreants all over NL these days...shame...

ridwanayo:
Lol why not let's talk about the history of the cursed osu blood.I heard anambra are the free born Nd other igbo's especially abia Nd enugu are the low breed osu

Chai

Dis tin must've really pierced ur souls
Trying to change topic??
Don't b ashamed of or history plz
Tell us wat happened DAT full grown men and kings were defeated by pregnant 16year old show-belle shirt / mini-skirt wearin Dahomey girls

Eshinwaju:


Your primitive stupidity is beyond belief...Yorubas will never be your mate....hateful miscreants all over NL these days...shame...

Chai
I don't hate Yorubas..I am just rytin about a historical event

Accept my sympathy

prince9851:


Chai

Dis tin must've really pierced ur souls
Trying to change topic??
Don't b ashamed of or history plz
Tell us wat happened DAT full grown men and kings were defeated by pregnant 16year old girlsgirls

can't blame u though osu people have no history,why other tribes were building kingdoms osu people were running naked in the Bush nd were eating each other nd displaying their cannibalistic tendency.so I can't blame u if u obsessed with other people history cause u av No history.


the nri kingdom was cursed it has no history except from stories about osu's nd free born

ridwanayo:
can't blame u though osu people have no history,why other tribes were building kingdoms osu people were running naked in the Bush nd were eating each other nd displaying their cannibalistic tendency.so I can't blame u if u obsessed with other people history cause u av No history.


the nri kingdom was cursed it has no history except from stories about osu's nd free born

Call me osu from now till next year
I will not report u
I will not call u names
And I will not change d topic
because I stand by ur side my dear broda
History can b very difficult to accept

prince9851:


Call me osu from now till next year
I will not report u
I will not call u names
And I will not change d topic
because I stand by ur side my dear broda
History can b very difficult to accept

Am a proud afonja u should also be a proud osu.what's shameful about being an osu

prince9851:


Chai
I don't hate Yorubas..I am just rytin about a historical event

Accept my sympathy

Joseph Goebbels it was who said that if one keeps repeating a lie oftern and it is not countered, it eventually becomes fact.... ..where is your proof of this ever happening ....as against my proof about ojuku the egomaniac who ran away to Abijan having failed his people only to come back to contest as an ordinary senator and could not succeed

ridwanayo:
Am a proud afonja u should also be a proud osu.what's shameful about being an osu

in d 1st place I don't even know wat osu means
I am a proud igbo

Eshinwaju:


Joseph Goebbels it was who said that if one keeps repeating a lie oftern and it is not countered, it eventually becomes fact.... ..where is your proof of this ever happening ....as against my proof about ojuku the egomaniac who ran away to Abijan having failed his people only to come back to contest as an ordinary senator and could not succeed

Now u have nothing to say again.
U are now saying DAT dis is a lie
Sorry iya

prince9851:
in d 1st place I don't even know wat osu means
I am a proud igbo

osu are the lowlife igbo people who are slaves under the osu caste system.must igbo on nairaland are osu Nd u should learn to wear the osu symbol with pride same way yoruba's av learnt to wear the name afonja with pride

the proud of ur osu symbol cause av learnt to be proud of the afonja symbol nd it doesn't hurt any more

prince9851:
in d 1st place I don't even know wat osu means
I am a proud igbo

osu are the lowlife igbo people who are slaves under the osu caste system.must igbo on nairaland are osu Nd u should learn to wear the osu symbol with pride same way yoruba's av learnt to wear the name afonja with pride

the proud of ur osu symbol cause av learnt to be proud of the afonja symbol nd it doesn't hurt any more.

so mr.osu slave can u tell me your history be it bad or good

ridwanayo:
osu are the lowlife igbo people who are slaves under the osu caste system.must igbo on nairaland are osu Nd u should learn to wear the osu symbol with pride same way yoruba's av learnt to wear the name afonja with pride

the proud of ur osu symbol cause av learnt to be proud of the afonja symbol nd it doesn't hurt any more.

so mr.osu slave can u tell me your history be it bad or good

Dat one will b for another thread
Focus on dis topic
Let us talk about d pple dat put an end to d GREAT OYO EMPIRE

It's hightime Igbos wear the Osu identity with pride and let it rest. Cos yorubas now wear Afonja with pride.

The new logo should be
Proudly Igbo
Proudly Osu.. LoL

Nowenuse:
It's hightime Igbos wear the Osu identity with pride and let it rest. Cos yorubas now wear Afonja with pride.

The new logo should be
Proudly Igbo
Proudly Osu.. LoL

Absorb d pain my dear brother dis topic has nothing to do with Igbo at aaaaallll vent ur anger on d 16yr old Dahomey axe wielding show belle Tshirt wearing
Valkyries dat made full grown men with akpogbi to run like fowls
Igbo did not do anything to u
Stop ventin to anger on dem
Just let d tears flow freely..don't fyt it
I'm on or side

The Dahomey women warriors (Amazon women) were highly skilled in battle. Here is a link to an account of the Egba- Dahomey War (1851-1864)
https://oldnaija./2016/09/17/the-egba-dahomey-war-1851-1864/