The Dahomey Women Warriors; Mysterious Underground Cities

Hightailing Through History

Welcome to episode 65! During our time in the Smoke Circle today we'll be visiting West Africa to learn more about the Agojie who were the all women army of the Kingdom of Dahomey. This fierce group of fighters were featured in the film The Woman King. T'Challa's royal guard in Black Panther, the Dora Milaje, were also loosely based on these women. After that, we tour other places in the world to explore mysterious underground cities. Some have been turned into beautiful works of art while others have been used for safety and shelter during times of war or nuclear fallout!

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Source Material:

Dahomey Warriors--

smithsonianmag.com/history/real-warriors-woman-king-dahomey-agojie-amazons-180980750/

https://guardian.ng/life/the-story-of-the-fearless-women-warriors-of-dahomey/

Underground Cities--

https://www.history.com/news/8-mysterious-underground-cities

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220810-derinkuyu-turkeys-underground-city-of-20000-people

https://www.france.fr/en/northern-france/article/the-underground-city-of-naours

https://www.theidioms.com/worth-your-salt/

https://www.wieliczka-saltmine.com/individual-tourist/about-the-mine/history-of-the-mine

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/burlington-bunker

https://www.npr.org/2014/12/07/368760646/a-universe-beneath-our-feet-life-in-beijings-underground

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/atomic-rooms-beijing-china-housing

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Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/