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janiebaxter Says: Fa is the god or spirit of Fate and a Fa reading is a type of fortune telling that dates back thousands of years, performed by a specially qualified Fa priest using traditional materials of cowrie shells and beads. To get a Fa reading it is best to go through a local guide...
janiebaxter Says: A Voodoo ceremony is very interesting. The one I attended was held in a rural village outside Abomey and was dedicated to the Warrior spirit Cokou. It was organised by a local guide who went ahead to the village to ask permission and allow the villagers to make the...
janiebaxter Says: This small monument can be easily missed as you rush past it to the UNESCO world heritage site of the kings palace museum. However, it has quite an interesting history to it. During the time French were fighting the Kings of Dahomey (the old name for Abomey), the Germans,...
The Royal Palace Museum, a UNESCO site
janiebaxter Says: The Royal Palace Museum in Abomey is a UNESCO world heritage site. At the time of the French defeat of King Ghebanzin in 1894 the palace complex contained 12 palaces and covered an area of 44 hectares with a 10metre high wall surrounding it. The original palace was built in...
janiebaxter Says: Goho Square was the scene of the last battle King Ghebanzin had with the French in 1894. The French almost lost but got help from the English in order to win. King Ghebanzin refused to let the French take over the city and burnt it almost to the ground. After this he was...
janiebaxter Says: There are many fruit bats which fly around feeding at dusk. One of the places to see them is in the grounds of the Motel Abomey, in the big tall trees just to the right of the main building.
janiebaxter Says: Dan, the serpent god, is one of the main Voodoo gods in Benin, with great historical significance in Abomey. You will see many temples dedicated to Dan here. The old name for Abomey was Dahomey which, in the language of the main tribe here the Fon, means in the belly of Dan....
niamey00 Says: The Royal Palaces of Abomey are one the UNESCO World Heritage list. While we were studying the slave trade, I took the whole middle school from the American School of Niamey on a six day trip to Benin. On our visit, we were lucky enough to have had Amadée as our guide. He...
juliogg Says: We arrived at about 5 pm to an empty Motel. We decided to go see one of the other Hotels mentined on the L Planet West Africa Guide. One of the guys at the first location volunteered to take us. On the way I fuigured out something must be wrong with the place were going if...
Motel Abomey: The Best in Abomey
janiebaxter Says: Motel Abomey is close to the main road system and just up the hill to the North from the centre of Abomey. It is classed as a 2 star and is at the moment the highest class of hotel in Abomey. It is not luxurious but is perfectly fine, clean and comfortable. The motel is set...
Chez Monique: Staying in Abomey
niamey00 Says: Abomey does not have a huge selection of places to stay, but Chez Monique is fairly comfortable and friendly. Don't expect much in the way of accomodation, but there is a large fenced in area full of trees and animals: monkeys, crocodiles, and antelopes. The food was edible,...
Restaurants? How about roadside food?
niamey00 Says: In Abomey, we looked for someplace to take the kids to eat. Not much choice outside the few "hotel" restaurants. Stopped at a no-name place on the road. It looked clean anyway. Once inside, we found out that their sole dish of the day was a stew of agouti (a kind of giant...
Au Jubile Or: Outdoor Bar with Live Music
janiebaxter Says: This is a buzzing outdoor bar with a DJ and live bands. I visited on a Sunday night and it was packed and very lively, which may have been because it was Easter Sunday.The tables are outside in front of a big stage and the DJ was playing popular West African and reggae...
At the Historic Museum of Abomey: Abomey applique
niamey00 Says: Applique is a traditional craft of the Abomey region. Originally used to show the exploits of the kings, nowadays they are made for the tourist trade. They come in many interesting designs: maps of Africa, anmals, and village scenes, for example. After hard bargaining, you...
Allada - Ancestral Home of the Kings
janiebaxter Says: Allada is in between Cotonou and Abomey, and is the ancestral home of the Abomey Kings. We stopped here briefly on route from Cotonou to Abomey. The original King was from Tadu in Togo and was said to be descended from a princess and a leopard. He travelled to Allada with...
janiebaxter Says: Bohicon is 5km from Abomey and is the main stopping point on the road to the North. It is a bigger town than Abomey and is the commercial centre of the region. The main language here is Fon, the language of the tribe of the Dahomey Kings who were constantly warring with the...
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There are many fruit bats which fly around feeding at dusk. One of the places to see them is in the grounds of the Motel Abomey, in the big tall trees just to...
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Dahomey - Legendary Kingdom of the Powerful Kings
Abomey is the capital of the kingdom that used to be known as Dahomey, in the 17th to 19th centuries, a place with a fearful reputation and as famous as Timbuctu in old Africa, full of Voodoo, magic,...
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In January 2003 I, along with our good friend and colleague Bio Gado, took the entire middle school of ASN on a six day journey through the history of Benin, particularly the slave trade history. Our...
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