The Kingdom of Dahomey and King Ghezo - The following pieces of information come from the Historical Dictionary of Benin (Third Edition by Samuel Decalo. African Historical Dictionaries, No. 61. The Scarecrow Press, Inc. Lanham, Md., & London. ISBN: 0-8108-2905-3)
Note: the Kingdom of Dahomey was renamed the Republic of Benin in 1975. |