OzikoroWar, Wealth, and Wives: The Annual Customs of the Kingdom of Dahomey
The Kingdom of Dahomey (c. 1600–1894), located in present-day Benin, established itself as a formidable power in West Africa largely due to its highly centralized military structure and dominance in the transatlantic slave trade. The spiritual, political, and economic engine of this kingdom was the Annual Customs (known as the Xwetanu or Huetanu),…