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It would be a good idea to make some sort of distinction between the old Fon kingdom of Dahomey and the French-founded state which later took on that name, as the two states are by no means coterminous. Currently, Dahomey sends one to information about the Republic of Benin, which strikes me as inappropriate. Come to think of it, there also ought to be a distinction between Benin the republic and Benin the kingdom, as the two have absolutely nothing to do with each other, apart from the capriciousness of Mathieu Kerekou.
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[edit] Benin and Marxism
How long after the 1989 collapse of East European Communism did Kérékou abandon Marxism? And was it because of an economic crisis, or because the political winds had shifted? 192.195.66.45 14:07, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
- By summer 1990 Marxist retoric had largely disappeared. The flag had been replaced, although people were obviously not very familiar with the new one (it would sometimes be seen flying upside down), and it was rare to hear anyone addressed as comrade - though I don't know if that was ever common. Bookshops continued to sell school textbook with revolutionary slogans in their introductions, but it would have been economically unfeasible to issue new editions just for that. Marxism doesn't seem to have been of much importance to many people even before 1989, except that it meant that some had the opportunity to go abroad for university education. kwami 22:07, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] DeMOGRAPHY
as im readin the page now there is nothing under demography. can sum1 add sumthin.
- How's that? kwami 22:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
Well there wasnt before.....
[edit] sacrifice up, slavery down
"Due to the amount of Human sacrifices, the amount of slaves exported decreased from 20,000 in the end of the seventeenth century to 12,000 in the beginning of the 1800's; the decline is partly due to many colonial countries declaring slave trade illegal. This decline continued until 1885, when the last Portuguese trade vessel with slaves departed from the coast of present day Benin."
Is this really true? Why did sacrificing suddenly increase? --Gbleem 12:43, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Human blood.
sealed with human blood Are the walls of the palace really sealed with human blood? --Gbleem 12:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Writing of the Edo
http://www.kirchersociety.org/blog/?p=939 hey, is there something about this on wiki? i am curious... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.114.144.150 (talk) 13:48, 20 January 2007 (UTC).
