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The Dahomey Amazons

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Alpern, Stanley B. 2011. Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey: With a New Preface. New York: New York University Press.

Edgerton, Robert B. 2000. Warrior Women: The Amazons of Dahomey and the Nature of war. Boulder, Colo: Westview Press.

Serbin, Sylvia, Pat Masioni, Edouard Joubeaud, and Joseph C. E. Adandé. 2015. The Women Soldiers of Dahomey. Paris, France : UNESCO ; Glasgow, United Kingdom: Collins. [PDF]

- - - Amazon Leader Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh - - -

Johnson, Elizabeth Ofosuah.  “The untold story of Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh, warrior princess of the
Dahomey Amazons in the 1800s,” Face 2 Face Africa [History], July 31, 2018.

Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh of Dahomey – Africa Heritages

Seh-Dong-Hong-Beh - Wikipedia

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Dash, Mike. “Dahomey’s Women Warriors,” Smithsonian.com, September 23, 2011.

Scott-Zerr, Amy Marie, "Amazons (Ahosi) of Dahomey," Blackpast.org.

Dahomey Amazons - Wikipedia

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDyUpjYb3r8&list=PLajyiGz4JeyODqW_yTxkK6y6cx0wsr-2X

BBC News Africa: The Dahomey Mothers, the all-female army trained to kill – [Min: 1:55]

The Mino Warriors of Dahomey – [Min: 3:51]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPrYtsNpYFk

Fearless Female Warriors in History: The Kings Wives Who Struck Fear in the Heart of Men – [Min: 1:39]

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