Lyena uMbuso waseDanhomey : Igama elingahle lingasho lutho kuwe ngoba lifakwa esikhathini samakholoni ase-Afrika futhi kusukela ngo-1975 igama lendawo selithathelwe indawo yi "Benin" indawo enabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha abahlala phakathi kweTogo ne ENigeria. Phakathi nekhulu le-6 nele-18, umbuso waseDanhomey wawungelinye lamazwe anamandla kakhulu futhi acebile e-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara. Amandla ayo ayexhomeke ekuhwebeni kwayo kodwa futhi nasemabuthweni ayo amakhulu. Ibutho lalinovalo kuyo yonke iNtshonalanga Afrika ngoba amasosha alo ayethathwa njengangenakunqotshwa.
Ngo-1880, ukubekwa esihlalweni kwenkosi entsha yaseDanhomey Gbêhanzin kuhambisana nokwanda kwamakoloni aseFrance eDanhomey. Ukunqanda ukuhlasela, inkosi yaqoqa ibutho lamaqhawe angama-25000. Ibutho elithile elalakhiwe ngabesifazane abangama-5000 ngasikhathi sinye noma yonke indawo lapho owesifazane wayengathathwa njengolinganayo nowesilisa. Lawa maqhawe angama-5000 XNUMX abizwa ngama-Amazons aseDahomey ayengamasosha esatshwa kakhulu futhi ahlonishwayo ebuthweni lenkosi ngaphezu kwamadoda.
Ama-Amazons aseDanhomey aqashwa ebusheni phakathi kwabesifazane abanempilo futhi abanamandla kunabo bonke embusweni. Babethola uqeqesho olunzima nsuku zonke nolucacisiwe olwakhiwa amaDahomiya. Okunye ukuzilolonga kwabo kwakuhlanganisa ukuhamba esakhiweni esinameva kathathu ngenkathi benqunu kuze kufike okhalweni, noma ukubulala inkunzi ngezandla. Ngaphezu kwalokhu kuqeqeshwa okukhethekile, ama-Amazons aseDahomey enza izifungo zobumsulwa nokwethembeka enkosini. Ngoba ekuqaleni babeqinisekisa ukunakekelwa kwenkosi.
Lawa maqhawe ayejeziswe ngokuphelele futhi akhombisa isibindi esikhulu empini, athathwa amandla awo angapheli, ayevame ukubhekwa njengabangenakunqotshwa abaphikisi bawo. Ezikhathini eziningi amasosha empi yamakoloni aseFrance anabo ukuba balwe nalaba besifazane abanesibindi esikhethekile njengo-Okthoba 26, 1892: usuku olungokomfanekiso lapho ibutho lenkosi liqala ukuhlasela okokuqala edolobhaneni laseKotopka elihlala amakholoni. Indaba ngaleso sikhathi yayidale umsindo omkhulu emaphephandabeni amakhulu, ngenxa yokwehlulwa kwebutho lamakholoni kanye nobusha bokuthola abesifazane embuthweni. Elinye lamaphephandaba aseFrance angaleso sikhathi, "i-petit magazine" lalichaze ama-Amazons "njengowesifazane olwa namandla amangazayo nokweyisa ngokuphelele ukufa".
Ukuwa kombuso kanye nokudingiswa kweNkosi uGbêhanzin ekunqobeni kokugcina kombuso wamakholoni waseFrance kwaqeda izidumbu zamasosha abesifazane ama-Amazons aseDanhomey.
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