The Woman King

<p>Today we're traveling back to the 1820s and the Kingdom of Dahomey with The Woman King! Join us as we learn about cowrie shells, Agojie weapons, the 1820s slave trade, King Ghezo, and more!</p> <p>Sources:</p> <p>Wendy Ide, "The Woman King review - a thunderously cinematic good time," The Observer (1 Oct 2022). https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/01/the-woman-king-review-a-thunderously-cinematic-good-time-viola-davis-gina-prince-bythewood-sheila-atim  <br /> RT: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_woman_king <br /> Robert Daniels, "The Woman King," (16 Sept 2022) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-woman-king-movie-review-2022 <br /> ITV News, "Viola Davis defends new film The Woman King after Dahomey slave trade history backlash | ITV News," YouTube, https://youtu.be/ZxsvsSDvDcE  <br /> The Daily Show, "Thuso Mbedu - “The Woman King” & Social Impact with Paramount+ | The Daily Show," https://youtu.be/HAMULqA8cEw  <br /> Good Morning America, "Viola Davis talks new film, 'The Woman King' l GMA," YouTube https://youtu.be/fKGpMU2xSJk  <br /> Marion Johnson, "The Cowrie Currencies of West Africa, Part I," The Journal of African History 11, no.1 (1970): 17-49. https://www.jstor.org/stable/180215 <br /> Mahir Saul, "Money in Colonial Transition: Cowries and Francs in West Africa," American Anthropologist 106, no.1 (2004): 71-84. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3567443 <br /> "Cowrie Shells and Trade Power," National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian, https://nmaahc.si.edu/cowrie-shells-and-trade-power <br /> Barbara J. Heath, "Cowrie Shells, Global Trade, and Local Exchange: Piecing Together the Evidence for Colonial Virginia," Historical Archaeology 50, no.2 (2016): 17-46. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24757075 <br /> Akinwumi Ogundiran, "Of Small Things Remembered: Beads, Cowries, and Cultural Translations of the Atlantic Experience in Yorubaland," The International Journal of African Historical Studies 35, no.2/3 (2002): 427-57. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3097620 <br /> Paul E. L