The historical drama film ‘The Woman King’ has released a large number of stills. In the stills, Viola Davis starring as General Nanisca occupies the middle position, she and her men, involved in the unparalleled war that became history and wrote the legend.
The film will tell the story of the warrior women of Dahomey, the old name for Benin, a transit point for slaves since the sixteenth century, known in the West as the “Slave Coast” for three hundred years.
Dahomey female warriors was established by the kingdom’s fifth king, Aghaja, first as a female bodyguard attribute, later the king developed this armed force into a female militia unit, which is a real-life front-line female army.
In 1727 they succeeded in conquering the kingdom of Vida, then the largest slave trade center in the world, and in 1729 he officially transformed this female unit into the Women’s Army Corps.
The army was really all women. This team is really all women, is the country’s fifteen years of age and above, they are loyal to the king alone, call themselves “the king’s wife”.
Before they officially become warriors, they go through two years of brutal training, and these female warriors have always been known for their bravery on the battlefield.
It is worth mentioning that the prototype of the female Royal Guard in ‘Black Panther’ is the Dahomey female warrior.
And in addition to Viola Davis, the film’s other cast members are Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Jayme Lawson and others, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, September 16 this yearNorthern America release.
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