Land of the Ahosi

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By Hay van den Munckhof

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In the kingdom of Dahomey (modern-day Benin), in 1727, a village is raided by slave hunters. One girl escapes and reaches the palace of King Agaja. The king sends the Ahosi, his female elite corps, to the coast to liberate the villagers and kill the slave hunters. However, what the king doesn't know is that Adjoa, the leader of the Ahosi, has a very different, very personal motive as well...

Land of the Ahosi