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Dahomey Amazons

A lot of maidens women served as warriors in Dahomey Army

1864
Benin

In 1864, Captain Sir Richard F. Burton documented over two thousand tribeswomen serving as warriors and reported how two-thirds of them were maidens with passions and love between each other.


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