Dahomey Amazons - King Houegbadja

Time: 1645

Place: Porto-Novo, Benin

Details: King Houegbadja, the third King of Dahomey, is said to have originally started the group which would later become the Amazons, as a corps of elephant hunters called the gbeto.

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