Is there actually anyone watching from the nation of Benin? I have no idea if I have any viewers there, hello if so!

Hey! Beninese Guy here lol, it's really cool to see someone cover my country as we don't get much exposure on a global scale and it's quite a coincidence that this was in my youtube recommendations. The name Dahomey is French people's interpretation of the name Ɖanxomɛ (Fongbe) which means "In the stomach of the snake" Hope that helps

The Nigerian Kingdom of Benin is not far gone history, the Edo people who created the Kingdom of Benin still have an Oba (traditional King) who has no political power any more but is the custodian of their culture.

I collected stamps as a child. That's how I knew about Dahomey. They had lots of cool stamps.

I remember seeing in a form at an airport years ago and looked it up. That said every time I look at a map of Africa I always feel like I find a new country I’ve never seen

great video as usual. Just a nitpick..The Benin kingdom is alive and well even though it's in Nigeria. The dynasty is still uninterrupted and still have massive influence in the state of EDO where the majority of its former territory was

You know the actor Djimon Hounsou? Had a role in Gladiator, Guardians of the Galaxy, the wizard in Shazam!, and the main antagonist in How to Train Your Dragon 2. He’s from Benin.

Dahomey famous for it's King's bodyguard - which were all women and very fierce!

Benin has been one of my favorite lesser-known countries. I like it's shape. It has an alliance with Gondola.

REPUBLIC OF DAHOMEY CHANGED TO REPUBLIC OF BENIN, WAS DONE IN 1976 BY THEN PRESIDENT OF DAHOMEY M.KEREKOU WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE OBA OF BENIN, BECAUSE DAHOMEY GOT ANCESTRY LINKAGE TO EDO BENIN CITY NOW IN NIGERIA. IN HISTORY BEFORE THERE WAS ONLY 1 BENIN CITY , BIGHT OF BENIN , TITLE OBA/ KING ALL ATTRIBUTED TO THE EDO BENIN KINGDOM

Wasn’t a big reason for the name change that, since Dahomey was such a big exporter of slaves, they didn’t want to be associated with is? Like I often hear the name brought up when talking about the slave trade whereas despite Benin being a notable exporter I don’t hear about it as much. If I remember correctly Dahomey & Kongo were the two biggest exporters of slaves

It's pronounced "Tha HOMIE". I pronounced it the whole time.

I've never Benin West Africa, but I definitely want Togo there.

benin was once da homie

I went to college in Benin, and lived in a beach house overlooking the Atlantic. Cotonou is my favorite city on the planet. 😊

If you want to see the treasures of the historic Kingdom of Benin the best place to go is the British Museum who have an entire wall of stunning Benin bronzes.

It's not called "vondu", it's called VODUN.

I liked this video, I learned something new. My parents are from the neighbouring country, Togo and I grew up knowing Benin as Dahomey. My mum always said that its meaning has to do with snakes but I'm not sure how true that is but I know that snakes are important in voudoun religion so maybe it has something to do with that. I always thought the Fon people were the minority of the country. The Fon of Benin falls under the Gbe languages. There is Fongbe in Benin, Gengbe in Togo and Evegbe in Ghana. There are differences in the languages now but they still have the same roots and understand one another which I think is so cool!

There is benin kingdom in nigeria that fought the british in 1897 which is now the capital of Edo state in the south south Nigeria

Wow so nice from you covering my country

Interesting you mentioned the Fon. It shot my etymologist, phoneticist, linguist, language geek/teacher mind into, well a not so overdrive😉 "Dahomey". We have 2 Kings whose names are or begin with "Da" By now we should realize that like our Asian brethren, we all have names that are comprised of meaningful elements, but in some cases the word fossil effect comes into play. Now, on to ho/hom. Some simple rules/features (and it could be a fluke but...) F = H (also B, P, K/Q, S, SH/Ş...), all vowels are interchangeable, and N = M (B, P, etc...). All depends on how we hold our mouths and whatever is "trending" around us. Fon and Hom could well be one in the same. If Da is king/kingdom, then could Dahomey be Kingdom of the Fon/Hom people. The fact that the Portuguese and French were there meddling, peddling and trading (with an agenda), could play a role in the phonetics too. And often naming of a people often takes "international" form from the names that the neighbors give them. I also know a bit about that, myself being descended from colonized nations on both sides of the Atlantic - African and Native American, as well as European (Irish, Scottish, Welsh, etc...). My ex girlfriend who did her research in Africa, coincidentally (?) on the stomachs of the Fon (there may be a historic connection to "stomach" in some neighboring peoples "ironic" naming), told me that I looked a lot like the Fon 🤷🏾‍♂️ I have to do more research on that last part but she could be right

I took French in high school. They covered former colonies of France.

I only know about Benin because when I was in travel school, I was searching for random airport codes, and found my name, Kandi, which was the capital at the time (1996).

So glad you covered benin. Believe it or not the name story is something I have to explain a lot because when I say I’m from benin many think I’m from Nigeria then I gotta explain how it was Dahomey then named after the night of benin. Next time someone asks imma just send your video

Hi everyone, I'm from Benin, actually from the capital name : Porto-Novo, I saw your video actually King Behanzin and Glele are brothers and the kingdom was rules by Behanzin in that time when the white colony came with a lots of this to start a trade that how they were accommodate in the little area that because economic city called nowadays Cotonou So as I was saying Behanzin who was wise saw they plan coming so he cut ties with them and want to chase them away from cotonou because more and more man were taking from the country and he realised that the future of the kingdom was being rape off while Glele innocent and educated want the kingdom to move forward and new opportunities to make the kingdom the biggest of all times in the entire africa as well as becoming the king himself While his brothers was fighting them he was behind accepting them , the Spanish had already lost a war with the previous king who is GHEZO very fearless king that Noone their look on his eyes so the were really cautious this time while the French very smart alliance with Glele since he always want his brother place and that how they acquired Benin and Glele became king and at that moment he realised his biggest make that he is just king but the France was ruling the country and he decide to unify the country so that what happen to him will be an example to others and we shaw all be one after at the brink of death his brother curse him to what he did to the all kingdom . So to clean the kingdom he commemorate something we called " le symbole de la jarre trouer" which a tourist place today to remember to all we shall be together who and where ever we are and that one of the reasons the politics is stable . I just want to clarify that part

I'm pretty solid on all the countries post 1992 but I get lost on old names, so I'm glad to get the redirection. (Mrs K, my geography teacher, had us memorize all the countries that year, which must've been interesting. She had had to take an old map of the USSR and hand draw in the countries that'd just gotten free and white out the line between East and West Germany.)

Thanks 👍

Dahomey is where the heart is.

I heard about this, thanks to 'Things fall Apart' by Chinua Achebe

I know a few “dahomey’s” from my old hood.

Historically,the Oba of Benin who reigned in Benin City,Edo State,Nigeria political influence and Lordship stretched from our City as far as Guinea along the West African Coast,Eko(camp) now modern day Lagos was a war camp for Benin Or Edo warriors. The war Commander who the Oba of Benin sent to bring that land under his lordship was called ISIDAHOMEN,whose father was an Ishan(a tribe of Edo extraction in present day Edo Central Senatorial district),but his mother an EDO woman led the BENIN expedition. Traditionally when a General conquers the land he is sent,he is sometimes permitted by the Oba to remain there as a ruler. Thus,the name Isidahomen which was corrupted to Dahomey. The country was later named by Late President Mathieu Kerekou of blessed memory to show the historically relationship between present day BENIN Republic and the Great BENIN Empire. I can show a map drawn by the french in 1776 showing the area extent of the Kingdom of Benin.

Fun Fact: The Dora Milaje guard of the Black Panther movie was loosely based on the Dahomey warrior women

As far as I'm aware, my country of Portugal is to blame for "Benin" name... And also their capital of "Porto-Novo" name.

Peopl into art or metal casting know about Benin. Their work in bronze and gold is amazing. Just try not to think too much about how they got so rich.

Can you increase your basic volume level ? I have to Crank it and if ad starts it’s too loud and hurts my ears bb Thanks

4:50 The Fon people, means; children of the panther... A legend from the 13th century kingdom of Adjatado talks about a panther transforming into a man...

My guess Dahomey came from an ancient word that lost its meaning as time went on when the language died, but the word stuck without a meaning; a ghost word. A prediction it could come from D'homi (random guess) which could mean "the clan between the sea and sands" which is where Dahomey/Benin is; between the Bight of Benin and the Sahara.

I know Dahomy from the Animaniacs song "Countries of the World". Amusingly enough, that song also mentions Benin. 🤔

0:38 Actually, for me, it's the opposite - I've known about Benin since I was a little kid, but I only learned about Dahomey as a teenager, when I memorised the song "Yakko's World" from _Animaniacs,_ which *for some reason* lists Benin and Dahomey as separate countries.

A bight is a bay that you can sail it out of on a single tack.

The shape resembles a raised fist…..

Honnestly i don't know why but i will always happy when it comes to my country to be a little popular... So man your job good. Even i'm not that's good about our own History...

REPUBLIC OF DAHOMEY CHANGED TO BENIN IN 1976 BY THE THEN PRESIDENT OF DAHOMEY MR M. KEREKOU.. AFTER TAKEN PERMISSION FROM THE OBA OF BENIN CITY.

Whispering to my son - you are in danger. Got him to think if he goes with his aunt he can get pizza tonight. After that they say, the family has agreed that is best. Apparently spoke to my ex in private - got permission. He never contributes to anything about my son. So now promising my son pizza and getting "permission" from my absent ex whom my son refused to go to - qualifies as THE FAMILY saying that is best and off they go - kidnapping my son. This is CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES - offering pizza to kidnap a child and using his consent to go for pizza as permission by the family to kidnap my child. Dangerous! Canadian parents need to know what they have in their trust!

I know about Dahomey from the Dahomey Amazons. They were an all-female military regiment who were feared in Africa.

I had never heard of Dahomey. I always saw Benin on the map.

There was also a forest in Suriname call Dahomey

Hard to tell why Dahomey did it, but like I say. It is what it is.

Meanwhile people who have played hpm Vic 2 who know about both the of Benin and Dahomey

Why not rhyme Benin with in, instead of “een” with “beneen ” ?

Thanks, that's my country

Rhodesia? South West Africa? Siam? Gold Coast? Ivory Coast? Nyasaland? Zaire? East Pakistan?

Hachimura Rui of the Washington Wizards has Beninese ancestry

I am "Bini", we call ourselves Edo.The word Bini is a Portuguese corruption of the Yoruba word Ubinu, meaning "vexation", from ile-ubinu "Land of Vexation" How that name came to be is a little more complicated, so I will only explain it if someone wants to know.

I Only Know Benin as a shape of a key country

Chambesy is now known to be more like Sambesi

I did the same with eritrea

I'm Looking forward too Visiting Benin 🇧🇯 or Dahomey someday 😀😊 ,,,! It Sounds like an Amazing 👏 Place ,,, especially when I heard about there 10 thousand mile structures Rivaling the great wall of China 🇨🇳 ,,,! An does anyone know what local foods 😀😊 or Cuisines I should try ,,, for when I go to Benin 🇧🇯 ,,,???? An I'm Looking forward to knowing more about Voodoun ,,,

I heard Dahomey asked our Federal government if they could use the name unlike FYROM to Greece. At one point we were also getting cheques. We ourselves exploited the name with: University of Benin, and Benin Airport. Akoko Edo!

I mean, my friend says she’s Benin Dahomey,

The name change was not because of association with monarchy, but rather because the Kingdom of Dahomey specifically used be the biggest slave seller of the Atlantic World, they became specialized in raiding neighbouring peoples for slaves. That gave them a pretty bad fame, and that made other Pre-Colonial kingdoms more appealing than Dahomey (even though the others also engaged in slave trade).

Places where I've dahomey, and places where I plan togo.

It is amusing how someone with a British accent who hasn’t even visited Africa will tell people the history of Africa 😂😂😂

Io sono di Benin 🇧🇯🇧🇯🇧🇯💪💯

You missed a large part of the Dahome history by not talking about how much they contributed to the slave trade. And how brutal they were to neighboring nations.

I've Benin dahomey

It's not "vondu" it's voudoun, which is called "voodoo" in dated English texts.

Benin was one of the most stable democracies in Africa but in 2019 that changed when local elections excluded the opposition and the government cracked down fiercely on protests. The 2021 presidential election wasn’t any fairer.

Da homey in Dahomey Is now Da homey in Benin

Benin sounds surprisingly Germanic.

Big Benin :DDD

Actually, it's 'Vodun' not Vondu.

As a beninese from benin country not nigeria city but Benin country , dahomey mean in snake stomack : dan homin( auto corrector is awfull). But the explaination part of the name dahomey is not good, you should ask propre republique of benin people because now many people got wrong information

Yup and Benin City is a major city in Nigeria and is no where close to the border.

There is benin empire that is in nigeria since 1200AD

One might say that you've *Benin Dahomey*

'Voodoo dolls' are European, not African or Haitian.

Benin Dahomey😳😳😳😳

The people of Dahomey has allowed the Yorubas in Nigeria to distort their history by not allowing Benin Republic people to believe that their country was named after Esan commander in great Benin kingdom/empire (in Southern Nigeria) call ISIDAHOMEY. He was a great warriors who conquered all the west coastline of west Africa to Ghana.

I love getting out with the homies

"Cant wait to hang out with dahomies" 🇧🇯

7:30 Well it’s not a name change. It’s just titles based on the political regime.

which homey?

Yes of course I’m bénin

Rip Dahomey man

There’s quite a bit of incorrect information in this. You should do it justice by having some expert eyes on the work.

Is it just me that sees the humor in an ancient African empire that was called... Da Homey ?!?

They are from the kingdom of Benin, Edo empire

Didn't the name change have something to do with them wanting to dissociate themselves with slavery???

It’s the southern part of Nigeria

The bight of benin was countrol by benin kingdom in nigeria

*When Dahomey changes his name*

I've benin da hood with ma Dahomey

They changed the name because they came from the ancients city of benin kingdom Nigeria

Specifically to the Americans, or for the west?

i know it from the countries i've benin countries i want togo to meme

Because if the Genoese ruled the Atlantic it would be called BELÍN! 😆

Dahomey Benin Yomam

yo lets meet up with DA HOMIE

Queue Bokoen1 "Dahomey" clip