The history surrounding Dahomey, the Agojie and the slave trade is a bit more layered and difficult than The Woman King portrayed. Agreeably, they couldn’t cram a comprehensive history lesson ...

The Agojie narrate their own story in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s “The Woman King.” The alumnus was nominated for Outstanding Direction in a Motion Picture for the NAACP Image Awards, which take ...

The Woman King takes a look at the all-female Agojie warriors from The Kingdom of Dahomey in 18th century Africa.

The Woman King continues to dominate conversations and the box office with its depiction of the all-female militia of the Dahomey Kingdom, The Agojie. But just as the film directed by Gina Prince ...

The historical action-epic “The Woman King” is a Black female-led film centered on a Black female-led army, the Agojie, who fought for the West African kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s. Based on ...

The article first appeared in UCSB’s ‘ The Current.’ The historical action-epic The Woman King is a Black female-led film centered on a Black female-led army, the Agojie, who fought for the West ...