Watch Dahomey
Type: Movie Category: DocumentaryYear: 2024Details
November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.
- Documentary
- English, French
Cast & Crew
- Gildas Adannou , Habib Ahandessi , Joséa Guedje , Imelda Batamoussi
- Mati Diop
- Christiane Chabi Kao