The Image of AFRICA has been DISTORTED around the WORLD & We are CHANGING the NARRATIVES via YOUTUBE videos One Country At Time.Until the HISTORY of AFRICA …
https://youtu.be/MJugLAsmxEQ Wode Maya visits Ganvie, thought of by some as the “Venice of Africa”.
The Image of AFRICA has been DISTORTED around the WORLD & We are CHANGING the NARRATIVES via YOUTUBE videos One Country At Time.Until the HISTORY of AFRICA is told by AFRICANS, the story of GREATNESS will always GLORIFY the IMPERIALISTS!
https://youtu.be/7ITxSKoRhIk Wode Maya talks to a Jamaican woman from England who returned to Benin during the Vodun festivals to pour libations for her Ancestors. She speaks of her life in England, the desire to learn her history, and her awakening into African spirituality.
On Benin’s national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and tourists alike.
OUIDAH, Benin, Jan 11 (Reuters) – On Benin’s national voodoo holiday, performers dressed as guardians of the night swirled in costumes resembling technicolour haystacks, delighting worshippers and tourists alike. Over a thousand people gathered in the small Atlantic coast town of Ouidah on Tuesday, once an important port in the slave trade, to watch…
https://youtu.be/bUqGCSWcKD8 The Woman King (2022) is a mammoth effort for a Hollywood movie which attempts to tell the tale of the Agojie/Mino fighters of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the early 19th century. Onuora will be discussing the history behind the film and the depiction of the film’s characters. CashApp: £OnuoraAbuah Paypal Donation: paypal.me/OnuoraAbuah Don’t…
[embed]https://taueret.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220927_193552.mp4[/embed] [sc name="voiceme" ][/sc] My impression of the movie everybody’s talking about lately. Official Trailer No point in “boycotting” this movie unless you’re boycotting Hollywood in general. Regardless, if you’re going to claim to be offended by people lying to you, then you should be giving more support to the people telling you the truth.…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P6bgSmBodM&ab_channel=MichaelImhotep[/embed] Prof. James Small, former Black Studies Prof. at CUNY and featured in the films, ‘Hapi’, ‘Hidden Colors’ & ‘Elementary Genocide 3’, joins Michael Imhotep to discuss ‘The Woman King & The Real History of The West African Kingdom of Dahomey’. The #1 Movie, ‘The Woman King’ from producer Viola Davis and Director Gina Prince-Bythewood…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6ukexHP6M4&ab_channel=AZTVB%C3%A9nin[/embed] Original Text: La 359ème édition de la cérémonie annuelle religieuse et traditionnelle Situtu s’est déroulée le dimanche 18 septembre 2022 à Togbin Daho dans la commune d’Abome-Calavi. En effet, ce rituel est organisé par l’AAMDB, Association des Adeptes de Mami-Dan du Bénin avec sa tête Hounnon BEHUMBEZA, chef spirituel suprême pour faire des prières…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct9kS0APVAw[/embed] Welcome to the Amazing People of Africa series where we take a look at some of the indigenous people of Africa. Today we look at the Dahomey amazons, an all female military of the kingdom of Dahomey which is now present-day Benin.