Author: Teejay LeCapois
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105662063
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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The Gods of Dahomey
Author: Teejay LeCapois
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105662063
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105662063
Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Gods of Dahomey
Author: Teejay LeCapois
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Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Fantasy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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“An” Outline of Dahomean Religious Belief
Author: Melville Jean Herskovits
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Dahomey, kings and gods
Author: Cyprien Tokoudagba
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Category : Benin
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Benin
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Dahomey, an Ancient West African Kingdom
Author: Melville Jean Herskovits
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Category : Benin
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category : Benin
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640-1960
Author: Patrick Manning
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523073
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This book integrates into a single framework Dahomey's pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial economic history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523073
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This book integrates into a single framework Dahomey's pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial economic history.
The History of Dahomy
Author: Archibald Dalzel
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Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Dahomey’s Royal Architecture
Author: Lynne Ellsworth Larsen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000899683
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Dahomey’s Royal Architecture examines the West African kingdom of Dahomey, located in present-day Republic of Benin. The book explores the Royal Palace of Dahomey’s relationship to the religious, cultural, and national identity of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1625–1892), colonial Dahomey (1892–1960) and post-colonial Benin (1960–present). The Royal Palace of Dahomey covers more than 108 acres and was surrounded by a wall over two miles long. When the French colonial army arrived in Abomey in 1892, the ruling king set fire to the palace to keep it from falling into enemy hands. Though much of the palace structure was subsequently left to ruin, a portion of it was restored from which the French ruled for a short period. In 1945, the colonial administration transformed part of the palace into a museum, and in 1985 the entire palace was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list. This book documents the palace’s physical transformations in relation to its changing purposes and explores how the space maintained religious significance despite change. The palace’s construction, destruction, and restorations demonstrate how architecture can be manipulated and transformed according to the agendas of governments or according to the religious and cultural needs of a populace. The palace functions as a historic record by discussing aspects of documentation, revision, language, and interpretation. Covering almost four centuries of Dahomey’s history, this book will be of interest to researchers and students of African art and architecture, religious studies, west African history, and post-colonial studies.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000899683
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Dahomey’s Royal Architecture examines the West African kingdom of Dahomey, located in present-day Republic of Benin. The book explores the Royal Palace of Dahomey’s relationship to the religious, cultural, and national identity of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1625–1892), colonial Dahomey (1892–1960) and post-colonial Benin (1960–present). The Royal Palace of Dahomey covers more than 108 acres and was surrounded by a wall over two miles long. When the French colonial army arrived in Abomey in 1892, the ruling king set fire to the palace to keep it from falling into enemy hands. Though much of the palace structure was subsequently left to ruin, a portion of it was restored from which the French ruled for a short period. In 1945, the colonial administration transformed part of the palace into a museum, and in 1985 the entire palace was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list. This book documents the palace’s physical transformations in relation to its changing purposes and explores how the space maintained religious significance despite change. The palace’s construction, destruction, and restorations demonstrate how architecture can be manipulated and transformed according to the agendas of governments or according to the religious and cultural needs of a populace. The palace functions as a historic record by discussing aspects of documentation, revision, language, and interpretation. Covering almost four centuries of Dahomey’s history, this book will be of interest to researchers and students of African art and architecture, religious studies, west African history, and post-colonial studies.
Slavery, Memory and Religion in Southeastern Ghana, c.1850–Present
Author: Meera Venkatachalam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107108276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
This book aims to reconstruct the religious history of the Anlo-Ewe peoples from the 1850s.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107108276
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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This book aims to reconstruct the religious history of the Anlo-Ewe peoples from the 1850s.
Dahomey
Author: Melville Jean Herskovits
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Publisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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