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The Ouidah Museum of History (French: Musée d'histoire de Ouidah) is an historical museum in Ouidah, Benin.

Ouidah Museum of History
The Ouidah Museum of History occupies the Portuguese Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (1721) in Ouidah, Benin.

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Ouidah Museum of History

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The Ouidah Museum of History (French: Musée d'histoire de Ouidah) is an historical museum in Ouidah, Benin. Official site 6°21′32″N 2°05′25″E / 6.358903°N...

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Ouidah

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Ouidah (/ˈwiːdə/) or Whydah (/ˈhwɪdə, -ɔː/; Ouidah, Juida, and Juda by the French; Ajudá by the Portuguese; and Fida by the Dutch), and known locally as...

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Kingdom of Whydah

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Kingdom of Whydah (/ˈhwɪdə, ˈhwɪdˌɔː/ known locally as; Glexwe / Glehoue, but also known and spelt in old literature as; Hueda, Whidah, Ajuda, Ouidah, Whidaw...

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List of museums in Benin

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en Plein Air de Parakou Ouidah Museum of History Royal Palace Museum (Porto-Novo) List of museums http://www.africa.com/guide_to_museums/benin_museums...

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History of slavery

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Europe and South East Asia. Later, trade shifted to Ouidah. On the instigation of Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast Willem de la Palma, Jacob van...

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Cyprien Tokoudagba

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work was exhibited at the "Ouidah '92" festival, which celebrated Vodun art from Benin and the African Diaspora in Ouidah, Benin in February 1993. His...

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History of Louisiana

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to the south; an additional 2,000 were exported from the port of Whydah (modern Ouidah, Benin); and roughly 300 departed from Cabinda. Gwendolyn Midlo...

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Dahomey

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(2004). Ouidah: The Social History of a West African Slaving 'Port', 1727–1892. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0821415726. An academic study of the...

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Royal Palaces of Abomey

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1727. This resulted in the killing of several prisoners. Many of the prisoners were also sold as slaves at Ouidah, then called Gléwé(puff adder house)...

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Bruce Chatwin

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biography of Francisco Félix de Sousa, a 19th-century slave trader born in Brazil, who became the Viceroy of Ouidah in Dahomey. Chatwin had first heard of de...

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Triangular trade

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including the Alladah and Ouidah, which were later taken over by the Dahomey kingdom. On the second leg, ships made the journey of the Middle Passage from...

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Slave Coast of West Africa

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colonies. Ports that exported these enslaved people from Africa include Ouidah, Lagos, Aného (Little Popo), Grand-Popo, Agoué, Jakin, Porto-Novo, and Badagry...

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Badagry

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Angola, Ouidah, and Calabar; In 1865, the amount of slaves transported out of Badagry was 800, while at Porto Novo, the figure was 1,200, and at Ouidah, up...

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Fon people

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cities as Ouidah and Abomey. Among the most circulated texts are those of Archibald Dalzel, a slave trader who in 1793 wrote the legends, history and slave...

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House of Slaves

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Door of No Return on his visit in 2013. Diaspora tourism Door of Return Genealogy tourism (Africa) Year of Return, Ghana 2019 Door of No Return, Ouidah "Tiny...

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List of oldest continuously inhabited cities

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largest cities throughout history, including ones no longer inhabited List of oldest extant buildings It is salient to the discussion of continuous habitation...

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Julien Sinzogan

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1993: Petit Palais, Cotonou, Benin. Ouidah ‘92: First International Festival of the Arts and Cultures of Vodun, Ouidah and Cotonou, Benin. 1994: Espace Kauffman-Eiffel...

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Atlantic slave trade

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Machine, Millersville College. Museum Theme: The Kingdom of Dahomey Archived 2018-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Musee Ouidah. "Dahomey (historical kingdom...

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Olivier Levasseur

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for a time. In 1720, they attacked the slaver port of Ouidah, Kingdom of Whydah (on the coast of what is now Benin), reducing the local fortress to ruins...

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Colonial Africa

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Tomé e Príncipe São Tomé Island Príncipe Island Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (now Ouidah, in Benin) Spain Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) Río...

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Legends of Africa

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display in museums around the world. A scattered catalogue of some 2,500 pieces, the collection arguably constitutes the most argued over pool of antiquities...

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Mami Wata

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Arada and other slaves who commonly are brought here under the name Fida [Ouidah] slaves, have introduced certain devilish practices into their dancing,...

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