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54 relations: Abolitionism, Afro-Brazilians, Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum, Allada, Alounloun, Anicet Adjamossi, Association football, Banque Internationale du Bénin, Bénirail, Benin, Brazil, Cadjehoun Airport, Capital city, Catholic Church, Ceiba pentandra, Celestial Church of Christ, Communes of Benin, Cotonou, Cotton, Dahomey, Departments of Benin, France, French Dahomey, Gulf of Guinea, History of slavery, Kamarou Fassassi, List of companies and cities in Africa that manufacture cement, List of sovereign states, Mayor, Mosque, National Assembly (Benin), Nigeria, Ogu people, Ouémé Department, Oyo Empire, Palm oil, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Petroleum, Portuguese Empire, Portuguese language, Questia Online Library, Romuald Hazoumè, Royal Palace, Porto-Novo, Samuel Oshoffa, Seat of government, UNESCO, United Kingdom, World Heritage site, Yoruba people, 1st arrondissement of Porto-Novo, ..., 2nd arrondissement of Porto-Novo, 3rd arrondissement of Porto-Novo, 4th arrondissement of Porto-Novo, 5th arrondissement of Porto-Novo. Expand index (4 more) »
Abolitionism
Abolitionism is a general term which describes the movement to end slavery.
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Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilian people who have African ancestry.
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Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum
The Alexandre Sènou Adandé Ethnographic Museum is a museum in Porto-Novo, Benin.
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Allada
Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.
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Alounloun
Alounloun is a Beninese musical instrument, used to play music called Adjogan.
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Anicet Adjamossi
Anicet Kayodé Adjamossi (born 15 March 1984 in Porto Novo) is a Beninese football player who is currently playing for La Vitréenne.
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Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.
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Banque Internationale du Bénin
Banque Internationale du Bénin (B.I.B.E.) is a national bank of Benin.
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Bénirail
Bénirail is the concessioned railway system of Benin.
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Benin
Benin (Bénin), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin) and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Cadjehoun Airport
Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport is an airport in Cotonou, the largest city in Benin in West Africa.
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Capital city
A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae (previously separated in the family Bombacaceae), native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, northern South America, and (as the variety C. pentandra var. guineensis) to tropical west Africa.
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Celestial Church of Christ
The Celestial Church of Christ is an African Initiated Church founded by Samuel Bilewu Joseph Oshoffa on 29 September 1947 in Porto-Novo, Benin.
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Communes of Benin
The departments of Benin are subdivided into 77 communes, which in turn are divided into arrondissements and finally into villages or city districts.
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Cotonou
Cotonou, is the largest city and economic centre of Benin.
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Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
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Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey was an African kingdom (located within the area of the present-day country of Benin) that existed from about 1600 until 1894, when the last king, Béhanzin, was defeated by the French, and the country was annexed into the French colonial empire.
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Departments of Benin
Benin is divided into 12 departments (French: départements), and subdivided into 77 communes (see Communes of Benin).
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France
France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.
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French Dahomey
French Dahomey was a French colony of and a part of French West Africa from 1904 to 1958.
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Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia.
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History of slavery
The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day.
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Kamarou Fassassi
Kamarou Fassassi (October 10, 1948 – December 4, 2016) was a Beninese politician.
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List of companies and cities in Africa that manufacture cement
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List of sovereign states
This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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Mayor
In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
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Mosque
A mosque (from masjid) is a place of worship for Muslims.
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National Assembly (Benin)
The unicameral National Assembly is Benin's legislative body.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
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Ogu people
The Ogu people, sometimes called Egun people, are an ethnic group located majorly in Lagos and Ogun State in the South-Western part of Nigeria.
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Ouémé Department
Ouémé is one of the twelve departments of Benin.
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Oyo Empire
The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire of what is today Western and North central Nigeria.
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Palm oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa.
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Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra (31 January 1925 – 4 November 1987) was a Beninese/Senegalese film director and historian.
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Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.
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Portuguese Empire
The Portuguese Empire (Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (Império Colonial Português), was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history and the first colonial empire of the Renaissance.
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Portuguese language
Portuguese (português or, in full, língua portuguesa) is a Western Romance language originating from the regions of Galicia and northern Portugal in the 9th century.
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Questia Online Library
Questia is an online commercial digital library of books and articles that has an academic orientation, with a particular emphasis on books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
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Romuald Hazoumè
Romuald Hazoumè (born 1962 in Porto Novo) is a Yoruba artist from the Republic of Bénin, best known for his work La Bouche du Roi, a reworking of the 1789 image of the slave ship Brookes.
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Royal Palace, Porto-Novo
The Royal Palace, also known as King Toffa's Palace and more recently Musée Honmé, is a former royal residence and today museum in Porto-Novo, Benin.
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Samuel Oshoffa
Samuel Bilewu Joseph Oshoffa (1909–1985) was the founder of the Celestial Church of Christ after reportedly resurrecting people from the dead.
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Seat of government
The seat of government is (as defined by Brewer's Politics) "the building, complex of buildings or the city from which a government exercises its authority".
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UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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World Heritage site
A World Heritage site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties.
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Yoruba people
The Yoruba people (name spelled also: Ioruba or Joruba;, lit. 'Yoruba lineage'; also known as Àwon omo Yorùbá, lit. 'Children of Yoruba', or simply as the Yoruba) are an ethnic group of southwestern and north-central Nigeria, as well as southern and central Benin.
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1st arrondissement of Porto-Novo
The 1st arrondissement is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin.
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2nd arrondissement of Porto-Novo
The 2nd arrondissement is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin.
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3rd arrondissement of Porto-Novo
The 3rd arrondissement is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin.
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4th arrondissement of Porto-Novo
The 4th arrondissement is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin.
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5th arrondissement of Porto-Novo
The 5th arrondissement is an arrondissement in the Ouémé department of Benin.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto-Novo
