This African Warrior Ceremony Was Highly Intimidating - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

When France sent ambassador Jean-Marie Bayol to Dahomey to secure a deal for the kingdom's rich natural resources, he was greeted by an elite force of all-women warriors known as the Agooji. Their...

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