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Dahomey Amazons

Nawi is the last survivor of Dahomey

Nov, 1979
Benin

The last survivor of the Dahomey Amazons is thought to have been a woman named Nawi. In a 1978 interview in the village of Kinta, a Beninese historian met Nawi, who claimed to have fought the French in 1892. Nawi died in November 1979, aged well over 100.


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