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63 relations: Agaja, Allada, Angélique Kidjo, Annexation, Art museum, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantique Department, Bartholomew Roberts, Basilica, Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception, Benin, Brazil, Bronze, Bruce Chatwin, Carnation Revolution, Cobra Verde, Communes of Benin, Dahomey, Departments of Benin, Door of No Return, Ouidah, Dutch Slave Coast, English overseas possessions, Estado Novo (Portugal), Fortification, Francisco Félix de Sousa, History of slavery, Jamaica, Kingdom of Whydah, Lisbon, List of cities in Benin, List of Presidents of Benin, List of Prime Ministers of Benin, Maison du Brésil, Memorial gates and arches, Monument, Nigeria, Oscar Olou, Ouidah, Ouidah Museum of History, Portugal, Portuguese discoveries, Portuguese Empire, Portuguese language, Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, Protectorate, Pythonidae, Scoutisme Béninois, Slave Coast of West Africa, Slavery, Slavery in Africa, ..., Sousa (surname), The Boston News-Letter, The New York Times, The New York Times Company, The Viceroy of Ouidah, Triangular trade, UNESCO, United Press International, Werner Herzog, West Africa Time, West African Vodun, Whydah Gally, World Heritage site. Expand index (13 more) »
Agaja
Agaja (also spelled Agadja and also known as Trudo Agaja or Trudo Audati) was a king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, who ruled from 1718 until 1740.
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Allada
Allada is a town, arrondissement, and commune, located in the Atlantique Department of Benin.
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Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, known as Angélique Kidjo (born July 14, 1960), is a Grammy Award-winning Beninese singer-songwriter, actress and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos.
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Annexation
Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the administrative action and concept in international law relating to the forcible transition of one state's territory by another state.
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Art museum
An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
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Atlantique Department
Atlantique is one of the twelve departments in Benin.
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Bartholomew Roberts
Bartholomew Roberts (17 May 1682 – 10 February 1722), born John Roberts, was a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722.
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Basilica
A basilica is a type of building, usually a church, that is typically rectangular with a central nave and aisles, usually with a slightly raised platform and an apse at one or both ends.
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Basilique de l'Immaculée Conception
The Basilique de l’Immaculée Conception (Basilica of the Immaculate Conception) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to the Immaculate Conception located in Ouidah, 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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Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon.
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Bruce Chatwin
Charles Bruce Chatwin (13 May 194018 January 1989) was an English travel writer, novelist, and journalist.
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Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), also referred to as the 25th of April (vinte e cinco de Abril), was initially a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal, on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the authoritarian regime of the Estado Novo.
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Cobra Verde
Cobra Verde (also known as Slave Coast) is a 1987 German drama film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski, in their fifth and final collaboration.
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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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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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Door of No Return, Ouidah
The Door of No Return is a memorial arch in Ouidah, Benin.
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Dutch Slave Coast
The Dutch Slave Coast (Dutch: Slavenkust) refers to the trading posts of the Dutch West India Company on the Slave Coast, which lie in contemporary Ghana, Benin, Togo and Nigeria.
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English overseas possessions
The English overseas possessions, also known as the English colonial empire, comprised a variety of overseas territories that were colonised, conquered, or otherwise acquired by the former Kingdom of England during the centuries before the Acts of Union of 1707 between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Estado Novo (Portugal)
The Estado Novo ("New State"), or the Second Republic, was the corporatist authoritarian regime installed in Portugal in 1933, which was considered fascist.
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Fortification
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare; and is also used to solidify rule in a region during peacetime.
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Francisco Félix de Sousa
Francisco Félix de Souza (4 October 1754 – 8 May 1849) was a Brazilian born to Portuguese colonists and a slave trader in his own right who was deeply influential in the regional politics of pre-colonial West Africa (namely, current-day Nigeria, Benin, Ghana and Togo).
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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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Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.
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Kingdom of Whydah
The Kingdom of Whydah (Xwéda; Ouidah) was a kingdom on the coast of West Africa in the boundaries of the modern nation of Benin.
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Lisbon
Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and the largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 552,700, Census 2011 results according to the 2013 administrative division of Portugal within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2.
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List of cities in Benin
The following is a list of cities in Benin.
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List of Presidents of Benin
This is a list of Presidents of Benin (formerly Dahomey) since the formation of the post of President in 1960, to the present day.
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List of Prime Ministers of Benin
This is a list of Prime Ministers of Benin (formerly Dahomey) since the formation of the post of Prime Minister in 1960, to its abolition in 2016.
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Maison du Brésil
Maison du Brésil is a building in the Cité Universitaire complex in Paris, France, designed by noted architects Le Corbusier and Lúcio Costa for Brazilian students and scientists.
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Memorial gates and arches
Memorial gates and arches are architectural monuments in the form of gates and arches or other entrances, constructed as a memorial, often dedicated to a particular war though some are dedicated to individuals.
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Monument
A monument is a type of—usually three-dimensional—structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical, political, technical or architectural importance.
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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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Oscar Olou
Oscar Olou (born 16 November 1987) is a Beninese international footballer who plays for French club Romorantin as a midfielder.
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Ouidah
Ouidah or Whydah (Xwéda; Ouidah, Juida, and Juda by the French; Ajudá by the Portuguese; and Fida by the Dutch), formally the Kingdom of Whydah, is a city on the coast of the Republic of Benin.
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Ouidah Museum of History
The Ouidah Museum of History is an historical museum in Ouidah, Benin.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Portuguese discoveries
Portuguese discoveries (Portuguese: Descobrimentos portugueses) are the numerous territories and maritime routes discovered by the Portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime exploration during the 15th and 16th centuries.
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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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Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe islands were a colony of the Portuguese Empire from its discovery in 1470 until 1975, when independence was granted by Portugal.
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Protectorate
A protectorate, in its inception adopted by modern international law, is a dependent territory that has been granted local autonomy and some independence while still retaining the suzerainty of a greater sovereign state.
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Pythonidae
The Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, from the Greek word python (πυθων), are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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Scoutisme Béninois
Scoutisme Béninois is the national Scouting organization of Benin.
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Slave Coast of West Africa
The Slave Coast is a historical name formerly used for parts of coastal West Africa along the Bight of Benin.
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Slavery
Slavery is any system in which principles of property law are applied to people, allowing individuals to own, buy and sell other individuals, as a de jure form of property.
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Slavery in Africa
Slavery has historically been widespread in Africa, and still continues today in some countries.
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Sousa (surname)
Sousa, Souza, de Sousa (literally, from Sousa), or de Souza is a common Portuguese-language surname, especially in Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, India (among Catholics in Goa, Bombay, and Mangalore), and Galicia.
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The Boston News-Letter
The Boston News-Letter, first published on April 24, 1704, is regarded as the first continuously published newspaper in British North America.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company is an American media company which publishes its namesake, The New York Times.
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The Viceroy of Ouidah
The Viceroy of Ouidah is a novel published in 1980 by Bruce Chatwin, a British author.
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Triangular trade
Triangular trade or triangle trade is a historical term indicating trade among three ports or regions.
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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 Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century.
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Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog (born 5 September 1942) is a German screenwriter, film director, author, actor, and opera director.
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West Africa Time
West Africa Time, or WAT, is a time zone used in west-central Africa; with countries west of Benin instead using Greenwich Mean Time (GMT; equivalent to UTC with no offset).
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West African Vodun
Vodun (meaning spirit in the Fon and Ewe languages, with a nasal high-tone u; also spelled Vodon, Vodoun, Vodou, Voudou, Voodoo, etc.) is practiced by the Fon people of Benin, and southern and central Togo; as well in Ghana, and Nigeria.
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Whydah Gally
The Whydah Gally (commonly known simply as the Whydah) was a fully rigged galley ship that was originally built as a passenger, cargo, and slave ship.
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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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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouidah
