"The Woman King" (2022), starring Viola Davis, celebrates the Agojie — the very real women warriors of the Dahomey kingdom, today's Benin, who made colonial armies tremble.
Ganvié, built on stilts in the middle of Lake Nokoué, is Africa's largest lake city: people live, trade and commute entirely by pirogue.
Ouidah is walked along the Slave Route down to the Door of No Return, and the Vodun festival (January 10) is unique worldwide. An eSIM helps: zems (moto-taxis) and pirogues negotiated map in hand, Pendjari safari prepared online.