The Bight of Benin or Bay of Benin is a bight in the Gulf of Guinea area on the western African coast that derives its name from the historical Kingdom...
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The Bight of Biafra, also known as the Bight of Bonny, is a bight off the west-central African coast, in the easternmost part of the Gulf of Guinea. The...
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Fon people (redirect from History of the Fon people)
the only port of the region and it competed with the ports controlled by other nearby kingdoms on the Bight of Benin and the Bight of Biafra. The Fon...
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majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the Bight of Benin, part of the Gulf of Guinea in the northernmost tropical portion of the Atlantic...
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"bay". Bight is not etymologically related to "bite" (Old English bītan). Bight of Bangkok Bay of Campeche Bay of Plenty Bight of Benin Bight of Biafra...
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short-lived former state of Nigeria in 1967 Benin City, a city in Nigeria Bight of Benin, a bight on the western African coast Benin River, a river in southern...
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Dahomey was carved out of the Bight of Benin Vicariate and Lagos became the headquarters of the Vicariate of Bight of Benin. In 1891, after letters by...
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Afro-Jamaicans (redirect from Jamaicans Of African Descent)
of 0.189 to 0.203. When haplotypes are allowed to differ by one base pair, the Jamaican matriline shows the greatest affinity with the Bight of Benin...
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chanty "The Bight of Benin": "The bight of Benin, the bight of Benin! Blackwater fever and pounds of quinine!" Blackwater: A True Epic of the Sea, a 1958...
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The Benin–Togo border is 651 km (405 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the north down to the Bight of Benin in the south. The...
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