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In 1851 a treaty of friendship was signed between France and the Kingdom of Dahomey in what is now southern Benin, followed by the creation of a protectorate in Porto Novo in 1863. [4] The colony of Dahomey (the former name of Benin) was declared in 1894, and was later included within the much larger federal colony of French West Africa ...
Benin was thus the first African country to successfully complete the transition from a dictatorship to a pluralistic political system. [ 5 ] In the second round of National Assembly elections held in March 1995, Zoglo's political vehicle, the Parti de la Renaissance du Benin, was the largest single party but lacked an overall majority.
Benin (/ b ɛ ˈ n iː n / ⓘ ben-EEN, / b ɪ ˈ n iː n / bin-EEN; [9] French: Bénin ⓘ), officially the Republic of Benin (French: République du Bénin), is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. [10] It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east.
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Egharevba's most famous work is A Short History of Benin.Published in different editions, it has major differences in some paragraphs between the editions. His books which documented the oral history and culture of Benin [10] cut across different disciplines but the main content deals with issues, events, institutions, practices and personalities in Benin history. [11]
The People's Republic of Benin (French: République populaire du Bénin; sometimes translated literally as the Benin Popular Republic or Popular Republic of Benin) was a socialist state located in the Gulf of Guinea on the African continent, which became present-day Benin in 1990.
Benin's President Patrice Talon signed an agreement on Tuesday to take back from France 26 artworks seized from the former French colony in the 19th century, and said he hoped it would pave the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... History of Benin; History of the Kingdom of Dahomey: Early history; Great Ardra. c. 1100–1724 ...