OzikoroThe Dahomey Amazon’s: A unique All-Female Military Regiment in African History.
Dahomey women warriors, women soldiers of the western African kingdom of Dahomey, known for their fierceness and prowess in combat and for being protectors of the king. In the Dahomeans’ Fon language, they were called mino (“our mothers”) or ahosi (wives of the king) ; they were dubbed the “Amazons” by Europeans after the fierce…