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    Gbehanzin also known as Béhanzin (c. 1845 – 10 December 1906) is considered the eleventh (if Adandozan is not counted) King of Dahomey, modern-day Republic...
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    fell four years later, when renewed fighting resulted in the last king, Béhanzin, to be overthrown and the country annexed into French West Africa. French...
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    between France, led by General Alfred-Amédée Dodds, and Dahomey under King Béhanzin. The French emerged triumphant and incorporated Dahomey into their growing...
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    between France, led by General Alfred-Amédée Dodds, and Dahomey under King Béhanzin. At the close of the 19th century, European powers were busy conquering...
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    king, Béhanzin, went into exile after being defeated in the invasion of Dahomey by France in the Second Franco-Dahomean War. The exile of Béhanzin did not...
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  • Recadaire de Behanzin is an anti-government newspaper published in Benin. It was established in 1915 and Emile Zinsou Bode was one of its founders. List...
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    December 29, 1889, to be succeeded by his son Kondo, who took the name Béhanzin. Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Henry Louis Gates, Jr (1997). The Dictionary of...
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    the French conquered the kingdom on 16 November 1892, prompting King Béhanzin to torch the city and flee northward. Thereafter the town declined in importance...
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  • Centre in Luanda, Angola. In Benin, the company has built a statue of Béhanzin. In Botswana, it constructed the Three Dikgosi Monument, also called the...
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  • Simplice Behanzin, popularly known by his stage name Pipi Wobaho, is a Beninese singer, comedian and actor. He is the founding member of the 'Sèmako Wobaho...
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