BEHANZIN, King of Abomey, resistant and hero.

  • Gbèhin azi bô ayidjlè Ahossou Gbowelé
  • January 6, 1890, crowned King Béhanzin
  • March 4, a violent attack by his forces on Cotonou is pushed back
  • He was a constant resistant to colonization
  • He died in Algiers in 1906