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The Agojie
FromQueer as Fact
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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This week's episode is on the West African soldiers known as the Agojie, sometimes called the Dahomey Amazons. Join us to hear about how women became the backbone of the Dahomean army, a very dubious cocktail recipe, and not one but two kinds of same-sex marriage!
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[Image: drawing of Agojie Seh-Dong-Hong-Be by Frederick Forbes, 1851]
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[Image: drawing of Agojie Seh-Dong-Hong-Be by Frederick Forbes, 1851]
Released:
Dec 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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