Historia africana: el ascenso y la caída del reino de Dahomey
En esta clase de 11 semanas, los estudiantes aprenderán sobre el Reino de Dahomey, su sociedad de Amazonas, las diversas guerras y su caída a manos del Imperio Francés.
Chidumebi Ikechi Njoku-Browne
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11 reuniones en vivo
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I will occasionally test to see if they remember certain historical facts.Experiencia de clase
Nivel de inglés: desconocido
Grado de EE. UU. 5 - 8
Students will learn about the History of the Dahomey kingdom. Interaction will happen via zoom and class time will be structured based on the outline provided. The topics covered would be the rise of the Dahomey Kingdom, what led to its continued successes, the wars with its neighbors, the society of Amazons and eventually the wars with the French Empire. This class will also take a look at the surrounding factors that influenced how things in the Empire turned out, such as references to the Fulani Empires and the infamous Asante Empire. There will also be a quick look at the Amazons themselves and their legacy. My class will be structured along the history of the Empire, from its pre-imperial days, to discussing the last Amazon to die in 1979 My teaching style can be described as interactive, I will have slides, and images but this will mostly be discussion based. No required experience or knowledge needed, I will discuss the history topics and introduce them myself. The class outline is as follows below: Week 1: Foundation and the first 2 Kings • Who are the Fon people • The Dominance of the Oyo Empire • The rise of the Ardra • Agassu-Prince of Tado o Do-Aklin and Dakodonou • Abomey-Gedevi conflict • Dakodonou’s early rule • Wegbaja the 2nd King Week 2: The First Amazons & Trouble in the royal family • Gbeto Huntresses • Ahangbe, Akaba & Agaja • Wegbaja and Dahomey expansion • Akaba and Ahangbe: Twin rulers • The Mino in Battle • Trial of Ahangbe • Agaja becomes King • The British Empire joins the fray Week 3: Trouble for Agaja • The Oyo declare war • Scorched earth tactics against the Oyo • Agaja loses Whydah • Retaking Whydah • Deceiving the enemy forces • Godomey attacks • Portugal enforces the peace • Agaja defeats his enemies Week 4: Economic Monopolies and rebellion • The economics of the Dahomey slave trade • Agaja tries to steal control • Europe gets mad • Dahomey-Badagry war • Tegbessou saves the kingdom • Vodun: The hot new religion • Death of Agaja, a troubled throne for Tegbessou Week 5: Civil Wars & Fall from grace • Attempted fratricide • Civil War • Tegbessou the diplomat • Problems with the Ashanti • Surprising allies. Oyo and Dahomey team up • Kpengla the administrator • Tegbessou passes away • Civil war part 2 Week 6: Depleting coffers and fighting grandkids • Building public works • Tariffs on the Oyo • Oyo gunboat diplomacy • Kpengla dies • Civil war part 3 • Buying loyalty • Smallpox attack • Agonglo loses the fleet • Europeans lose interest • Entreaty to Maria I of Portugal • Forced Catholicism Week 7: Dead kings and Child Kings • Adandozan the child king • Not so innocent child, mass executions • Friendship with the Portuguese ended • Trying peace with the British • Stealing British wives • The British end the slave trade • The new players Ghezo, and De Sousa Week 8: An old enemy grows ill • Civil War Part 4 • The industrial revolution comes to Dahomey • Revisionist history of Adandozan • The Fulani clear the Oyo from the board • Dahomey finally beasts Oyo • Dahomey-Mahi war • Angering the Egba Week 9: Stronger Apart, the Yoruba factions cause trouble • Dahomey-Abomey war • Amazons save the day • Loss of the royal Umbrella • The fires of Okeadon • The Egba crush the Dahomey • Ghezo dies • Glele the overconfident leader • Dahomey loses again • Fighting with Ketu • The French get interested Week 10: The First Franco-Dahomey War • France and Dahomey eye each other • Murder of the Senegalese • Dahomey the landlord • Prince Kondo angers the French • Glele dies • Kondo is gone, I am now Behanzin • Senegal and Gabon join the action • Tirailleurs vs Amazons • A tense peace Week 11: The Second Franco-Dahomey War • Mobilizing for hostilities • The bloody French advance • Trench warfare before WW1 • Final Battle at the Palace • Viceroy Rule under France • Colonial Benin Week 12: A quick look at the Amazons • Why women warriors • Recruitment • Special regiments • Social Status • Military Attire • Arsenal • Training • Out of combat • Tactics • Pop culture • Class conclusion
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Orientación para padres
This subject includes topics such as war, sexism, regicide, slavery and colonialism.
Recursos externos
Los estudiantes no necesitarán utilizar ninguna aplicación o sitio web más allá de las herramientas estándar de Outschool.
Fuentes
These sources are not required for students to read, however these are the materials used for the class and can make for additional readings for free online:
Alpern, S. B. (2012). Amazons of Black sparta: The women Warriors of Dahomey. Place of publication not identified: C. Hurst &.
Chafer. (2002). The end of Empire in French West africa: France's SUCCESSFUL DECOLONIZATION? Oxford: Berg.
Coquery-Vidrovitch, C. (1962). Le blocus De whydah (1876-1877) et La RIVALITÉ FRANCO-ANGLAISE Au dahomey. Cahiers D’études Africaines, 2(7), 373-419. doi:10.3406/cea.1962.2985
The dahomey expedition. (1892). Scientific American, 34(877supp), 14020-14020. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican10221892-14020asupp
Encyclopedia of African colonial conflicts. (2017). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.
Law, R. (1989). Slave-Raiders and MIDDLEMEN, monopolists and FREE-TRADERS: The supply of slaves for the Atlantic trade In DAHOMEY c. 1715–1850. The Journal of African History, 30(1), 45-68. doi:10.1017/s0021853700030875
Law, R. (1989). ‘My head belongs to the king’: On the political and ritual significance of decapitation in pre-colonial dahomey. The Journal of African History, 30(3), 399-415. doi:10.1017/s0021853700024452
Law. (1977). Royal monopoly and private enterprise in the ATLANTIC trade: The case of Dahomey. The Journal of African History, 18(4), 555-577. doi:10.1017/s0021853700015711
Law. (2017). Dahomey and the slave Trade: Reflections on the historiography of the rise of Dahomey. African Military History, 145-175. doi:10.4324/9781315263212-8
Manning. (n.d.). Export revenue from Dahomey, 1640s–1950s. Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640–1960, 331-334. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511563072.015
Manning. (n.d.). Money supply of colonial Dahomey. Slavery, Colonialism and Economic Growth in Dahomey, 1640–1960, 411-414. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511563072.022
Monroe, J. C. (2014). The precolonial state in West Africa building power in Dahomey. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Morton-Williams. (1993). A Yoruba WOMAN remembers servitude in a Palace Of Dahomey, in the reigns of KINGS glele and Behanzin. Africa, 63(1), 102-117. doi:10.2307/1161300
Obichere I. (1967). Britain, France and The Dahomey-Niger hinterland, 1885-1898.
Ross, D. (1985). Mid-nineteenth century DAHOMEY: Recent views vs. contemporary evidence. History in Africa, 12, 307-323. doi:10.2307/3171725
Stapleton J. (2013). A military history of Africa. the Precolonial PERIOD: From Ancient Egypt to the Zulu Kingdom: (EARLIEST times to CA. 1870).
Stapleton, T. J. (2013). A military history of Africa. the Colonial Period: From the scramble for Africa to the ALGERIAN INDEPENDECE WAR: (CA. 1870-1963).
Stapleton, T. J. (2013). A military history of Africa. the era of INDEPENDENCE: From the CONGO crisis to africa's world WAR: (ca. 1963- ).
TOLER, P. D. (2020). Women warriors: An unexpected history. S.l.: BEACON.
‘Legitimate’ trade and gender relations IN YORUBALAND and Dahomey. (n.d.). From Slave Trade to Legitimate Commerce, 195-214. doi:10.1017/cbo9780511523861.009
Se unió el June, 2019
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Experiencia y certificaciones del docente
2 Grado
Maestría en Administración Pública desde University of Baltimore
Licenciatura en Ciencias Políticas y Gobierno desde Alvernia University
I am a researcher of African history at the Smithsonian and I teach African history occasionally, brining it to this platform. I myself am African and have been studying West African history since 2011 and I have written academic papers and journals on the subjects involved.Reseñas
Clase grupal
12 US$
semanalmente1 x por semana, 11 semanas
40 min
Completado por 14 alumnos
Videoconferencias en vivo
Edades: 10-15
1-12 alumnos por clase
