Amazons of Black Sparta: The Women Warriors of Dahomey

by Stanley B. Alpern

Book Overview

History is rife with tales of fighting women. More often than not, these stories prove more legend than history. Dating back to the amazons of ancient Asia Minor, myths of fierce, autonomous women of martial excellence abound. And yet, the only thoroughly documented amazons in world history are the women warriors of Dahomy, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom. Once dubbed a "small black Sparta," residents of Dahomy shared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814706789
• ISBN13: 9780814706787
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"