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.

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I will occasionally test to see if they remember certain historical facts.
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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