IMDB page for The Woman King >A historical epic inspired by the true events that happened in The Kingdom of Dahomey >The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s >Inspired by true events >General Nanisca trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life
Who were the Dahomeys? >The growth of Dahomey coincided with the growth of the Atlantic slave trade, and it became known to Europeans as a major supplier of slaves. >Men, women, and children captured by Dahomey in wars and slave raids were sold to European slave traders >human sacrifice became crucial aspects of the culture >During their ceremonies, around 500 prisoners would be sacrificed. As many as 4,000 were reported killed In one of these ceremonies in 1727 >Most of the victims were sacrificed through decapitation
The events of the movie take place while Britain was trying to end the slave trade globally >Dahomey became an adversary to the British Empire after the abolition of slavery during the 19th century >The British sent diplomatic missions to Dahomey, in an effort to convince King Ghezo to abolish human sacrifice and slave trading >In 1851, the Royal Navy imposed a naval blockade against Dahomey, forcing Ghezo to sign a treaty in 1852 that immediately abolished the export of slaves >However, the treaty was broken and slave trading efforts continued in 1857 and 1858 >King Ghezo responded to british requests to end slavery and human sacrifice saying "The slave trade has been the ruling principle of my people. It is the source of their glory and wealth. Their songs celebrate their victories and the mother lulls the child to sleep with notes of triumph over an enemy reduced to slavery."
Hahahahaha. Maria Bello is one of the writers? That's perfect.
Jeremiah Phillips
I didn't read your whole post so you may have said it but I just wanted to add that in addition to The Kingdom of Dahomey being central in providing slaves, they also practiced human sacrifice en masse.
Gavin Green
>That's perfect. why's that?
Charles Peterson
>inspired by true events >invert historical fact Why do the jews do this?
Because she's a typical Hollywood trash actress NPC. The fact that she even came up with the story, much less pursued funding and staff to make it, is a perfect display of the arrogance and hypocrisy these dipshits have.
Brandon Cox
>Based on historical events They are just openly mocking people at this point.
That was mentioned in the post, but props for knowing your history.
>evil white men invade to stop slavery But deys stills be wantin deys repurayshuns!
Why not? Mockery is a humbling experience if rooted in truth
Hunter Lee
>Why not? Mockery is a humbling experience if rooted in truth So do you think it's possible that people are gonna pay for the privilege to go see this movie, only to look up "Dahomey" on their phones in the way home and find out they just swallowed bullshit nonstop for the last hour and a half? I mean yeah, that could be cool.
I think it's not only possible but likely. Makes me want to rejoin twatter just to watch black Twitter chimp out
Jeremiah Young
It won’t be portrayed like this, it’s going to be classic nogs vs ebil white slavers
Bentley Cook
>uuhhmmm akkkshhuuaaaallllyyy the niggers were bad
Anthony Ward
Of course its not going to be portrayed like that. But that doesn't change the fact that its based on possibly the most ironic historical events considering its woke message.
thank god normies have actual historical knowledge
Ryder Edwards
The slavers were able to get that powerful because European demand/trade for black slaves was the basis of their power. Various African kings tried to stop it (mostly because they started taking their own citizens as slaves) and even wrote letters to European kings. However, voracious Europeans ignored them, did political subversion, and coups against those who wanted to stop it. It's nice to think that all the slaves exported into the Americas were the slave stock, literally the worst of the crop.
