This culture's main yearly celebration featured people sacrificed by decapitation in honor of deceased kings and was called the Annual Customs.
This culture's main yearly celebration featured people sacrificed by decapitation in honor of deceased kings and was called the Annual Customs. The sculptor Sosso Dede was an important artist from this culture, who made anthropomorphic animal statues of its kings, such as King Glele. It conquered Allada, the capital of Ajaland, under its ruler Agaja. King Gezo was one of many of its rulers to fight against the Oyo Empire, which forced this culture to pay tribute to it. This culture instituted an elite all-female military force known as their namesake Amazons, and its slave population led it to be called the Slave Coast. The major ethnic groups of this culture, which had a capital at Abomey, included the Adja and the Fon peoples. For 10 points, name this African kingdom that existed in modern-day Benin.
This culture's main yearly celebration featured people sacrificed by decapitation in honor of deceased kings and was called the Annual Customs.
Kingdom of Dahomey