an army of dispossessed souls. They also represent the vast diaspora, the contemporary one.” The second half of “Dahomey” features an extended public debate among university students in ...

These artefacts are "royal treasures", an early title card in Mati Diop's documentary Dahomey informs us, that were pilfered from the kingdom of Dahomey by French colonisers in an 1892 invasion.

With "Dahomey," Diop crafts a striking figurehead ... As for the voices, it's not just the statue who speaks, it's a whole ...