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Dahomey
Director: Mati Diop Run Time: 68 min. Release Year: 2024 Language: French
Starring: Gildas Adannou, Habib Ahandessi, Imelda Batamoussi, Joséa Guedje
November 2021. 26 royal treasures of the Kingdom of Dahomey are about to leave Paris to return to their country of origin, the present-day Republic of Benin. Along with thousands of others, these artefacts were plundered by French colonial troops in 1892. But what attitude to adopt to these ancestors’ homecoming in a country that had to forge ahead in their absence? The debate rages among students at the University of Abomey-Calavi.