 | Ouidah (/ˈwiːdə/) or Whydah (/ˈhwɪdə, -ɔː/; Ouidah, Juida, and Juda by the French; Ajudá by the Portuguese; and Fida by the Dutch), and known locally as... 25 KB (2,869 words) - 12:47, 30 March 2024 |
 | The Door of No Return is a memorial arch in Ouidah, Benin. The concrete and bronze arch, which stands on the beach, is a memorial to the enslaved Africans... 2 KB (161 words) - 22:57, 14 July 2023 |
Kingdom of Whydah (redirect from Kingdom of Ouidah) in old literature as; Hueda, Whidah, Ajuda, Ouidah, Whidaw, Juida, and Juda (Yoruba: Igelefe; French: Ouidah) was a kingdom on the coast of West Africa... 18 KB (1,457 words) - 13:09, 30 March 2024 |
The Viceroy of Ouidah is a novel published in 1980 by Bruce Chatwin, a British author. Chatwin's novel portrays the life of a fictional slave trader named... 3 KB (266 words) - 14:51, 21 December 2022 |
 | Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá (category Ouidah) Baptista de Ajudá (in English: Fort St. John the Baptist of Ouidah) is a small restored fort in Ouidah, Benin. Built in 1721, it was the last of three European... 14 KB (2,126 words) - 18:16, 29 April 2024 |
 | The Ouidah Museum of History (French: Musée d'histoire de Ouidah) is an historical museum in Ouidah, Benin. Official site 6°21′32″N 2°05′25″E / 6.358903°N... 657 bytes (43 words) - 22:22, 5 March 2024 |
Coton FC (redirect from Coton FC de Ouidah) Coton Football Club, is a Beninese professional football club based in Ouidah, that competes in the Benin Premier League. The club, originally founded... 3 KB (170 words) - 01:15, 22 January 2024 |
Ouidah I is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of... 3 KB (85 words) - 18:42, 23 January 2021 |
Ouidah II is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of... 3 KB (85 words) - 18:42, 23 January 2021 |
Bruce Chatwin (section Ouidah and the Black Hill) Viceroy of Ouidah. This book was published in 1980, and Werner Herzog's film Cobra Verde (1987) is based on it. Although The Viceroy of Ouidah received... 62 KB (7,968 words) - 09:47, 11 April 2024 |
Ouidah III is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune... 3 KB (85 words) - 18:42, 23 January 2021 |
Ouidah IV is an arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of... 3 KB (85 words) - 18:42, 23 January 2021 |
 | 824 Djougou - 94,773 Bohicon - 93,744 Kandi - 56,043 Natitingou - 53,284 Ouidah - 47,616 Lokossa - 47,247 Abomey Abomey-Calavi Athiémè Banikoara Bassila... 2 KB (113 words) - 16:09, 26 February 2023 |
of No Return, Gorée at the House of Slaves in Senegal Door of No Return, Ouidah in Benin Door of Return This disambiguation page lists articles associated... 199 bytes (63 words) - 18:15, 7 May 2018 |
 | Vodun art (section Ouidah festival) traditional Vodun deities and used as the basis for murals in Vodun temples. The Ouidah '92 festival, held in Benin in 1993, celebrated the removal of restrictions... 14 KB (1,738 words) - 06:44, 9 November 2023 |
Its founder, Francisco Felix de Sousa, was the Brazilian-born viceroy of Ouidah in the Kingdom of Dahomey. After immigrating from Bahia in Brazil to coastal... 5 KB (462 words) - 16:42, 8 April 2024 |
final collaboration. Based upon Bruce Chatwin's 1980 novel The Viceroy of Ouidah, the film depicts the life of a fictional slave trader who travels to the... 8 KB (1,007 words) - 20:50, 1 May 2024 |
 | Cobra Verde Drama Werner Herzog Klaus Kinski West Germany The Viceroy of Ouidah Bruce Chatwin 1993 Alex Haley's Queen (TV series) Historical drama John... 263 KB (27,699 words) - 16:20, 27 April 2024 |
The Saint-Gall de Ouidah Major Seminary (French: Grand Séminaire Saint-Gall de Ouidah) is a Roman Catholic Seminary in Ouidah, a Voodoo centre in the... 4 KB (513 words) - 17:31, 21 February 2024 |
 | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cotonou (redirect from Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah) Apostolic Vicariate of Dahomey 13 May 1948: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Ouidah 14 September 1955: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cotonou The seat... 7 KB (295 words) - 07:44, 29 March 2024 |
 | depicted as a rainbow. Damballa originated in the city of Wedo (Whydah or Ouidah) in modern-day Benin. Damballa is said to be the Sky Father and the primordial... 7 KB (819 words) - 10:22, 1 May 2024 |
Territory located in present-day Benin. English: Whydah; French: Ouidah (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) http://www.rulers.org/benitrad... 2 KB (48 words) - 16:22, 16 January 2024 |
 | Francisco Félix de Sousa (category People from Ouidah) are now part of those countries, and went on to become the "chachá" of Ouidah (the slave trading hub for the region), a title that conferred no official... 6 KB (682 words) - 17:26, 3 March 2024 |
 | for slaves. Ports that exported these enslaved people from Africa include Ouidah, Lagos, Aného (Little Popo), Grand-Popo, Agoué, Jakin, Porto-Novo, and Badagry... 28 KB (3,099 words) - 07:41, 24 April 2024 |
| shifted to Ouidah, where the English and French also had a trading post. Political unrest caused the Dutch to abandon their trading post at Ouidah in 1725... 19 KB (1,427 words) - 09:36, 17 January 2024 |
 | fish-sell-agent s/he PERF buy crab two "The fishmonger, she bought two crabs." In Ouidah, a rising or falling tone is realized as a mid tone. For example, mǐ 'we... 16 KB (1,258 words) - 17:45, 21 April 2024 |
serves as Chacha IX, the patriarch of the aristocratic De Souza family of Ouidah. "An African Country Reckons With Its History Of Selling Slaves". washingtonpost... 958 bytes (52 words) - 14:45, 2 February 2023 |
 | Dahomey, and King Behanzin was exiled to Algeria. The Portuguese fort at Ouidah was destroyed by the army of Dahomey in 1743 during its conquest of the... 76 KB (9,286 words) - 01:05, 17 April 2024 |
 | Patrice Talon (category People from Ouidah) 2016. Talon is of Fon origin and was born in Ouidah. He descends from slave traders. His father was from Ouidah while his mother came from a Guédégbé family... 13 KB (1,248 words) - 16:22, 16 April 2024 |
annually on January 10 throughout the country but most notably in the city of Ouidah. Beginning with the slaughter of a goat in honor of the spirits, the festival... 3 KB (196 words) - 22:47, 11 March 2024 |