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Dahomey

  • September 2024
  • 1hr

    8mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Christiane Chabi Kao,

    Mati Diop,

    Starring

    Lucrèce Hougbelo,

    Parfait Vaiayinon,

    Didier Sedoha Nassangade,

    Sabine Badjogoumin

    ...

    Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embattled university students, and one of the repatriated statues himself.