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WEST AFRICA
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{\an8}The African kingdom of Dahomey
is experiencing a pivotal moment.
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{\an8}A new king, Ghézo,
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{\an8}has just come to power.
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{\an8}His enemy, the Oyo Empire,
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{\an8}allied with the Mahi people
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{\an8}to attack the villages of Dahomey
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{\an8}and sell the prisoners
to European slave traders.
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A despicable trade
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which leads the two nations
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in a spiral of violence.
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The mighty army of Oyo
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has new weapons and horses,
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but the young king also has
a formidable weapon:
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an armed force of female soldiers,
the Agojié,
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headed by a general, Nanisca.
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They are the only defense
which remains between Oyo
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and the annihilation of Dahomey.
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{\an8}MAHI VILLAGE
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The Agojié!
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No !
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Where are the prisoners?
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Where are ours?
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We are peasants,
we didn't kidnap anyone!
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Miganon.
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You will soon be home.
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Horses.
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It can only be Oyo soldiers.
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Who is she?
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My mother.
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We'll take you back to your village.
Your father...
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They sold it.
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My brothers too.
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They sold them all.
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Miganon,
the prisoners are ready to leave.
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Find me stronger warriors.
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{\an8}KINGDOM OF DAHOMEY
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Thank you.
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It's okay...
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Nawi!
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Yes ?
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Tell your mother to come see me
for the outfit.
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What outfit?
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Your wedding outfit.
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You will be magnificent.
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Tell him.
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Another suitor?
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I don't know what she's talking about.
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They are coming!
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My daughter, come!
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My sister!
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Mother !
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I want to watch!
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The king forbids us
to look at the Agojié.
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Nanisca,
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it's a victory.
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They came for you.
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They don't know that Evil is coming.
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They know you will protect them.
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I wish to speak to the king.
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It's brides' day.
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Warn him. I'm waiting.
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The Agojié drink from the skull
men they killed.
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They decapitate them
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and simmer their heads
in steaming cauldrons.
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Big sister!
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- Big sister!
- Nawi!
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We have visitors,
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a rich man from Cana.
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Come on.
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Come!
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He may be a handsome man.
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I own three palm groves.
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You will work there.
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You don't talk to your husband?
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At my house, you will learn to obey.
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Nawi!
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Forgive my daughter.
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The rumors were true.
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It has no value.
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Master Abade!
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Advance !
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I wish to give my daughter to the king.
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No man wants her.
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I don't want an old man who beats me.
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So go to war.
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You will understand what pain is.
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Between.
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In the palace,
you don't have to look down.
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Follow me.
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Close your mouth.
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You look like a fish.
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It's what ?
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Indigo dye.
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What were you thinking?
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To heads.
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No...
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The heads are there.
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Men who attacked the village.
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The others will be sold in Ouidah.
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Only eunuchs
have access to the palace at night.
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Behind this wall,
the palace belongs to women.
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Come on.
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Go to the baths.
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Oyo, do you see that?
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Your comrades, murdered!
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By women.
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The Dahomeans
have become overconfident
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since they had their new king.
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My loves.
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My loves.
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My love.
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My love.
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Nanisca, come with me.
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Why does he favor her?
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She is not cared for,
not respectful.
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She fought in the coup.
She offered him the throne.
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What did you do?
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You hid in a trunk.
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The Oyo have entered our lands.
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They broke the peace!
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When they demand their tribute,
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we will not pay.
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It will be war.
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Migan, they dominated us
during my father's reign.
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Haven't you had enough?
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We are afraid of their power.
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Fear.
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My king,
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their nation is double ours.
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They have horses,
no more muskets.
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We need time
to prepare our armies.
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The Agojié are ready.
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How many died in the battle?
against the insignificant Mahi?
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My king,
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it seems that they have
a new general.
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The last assault
was just a show of force.
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I agree.
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Dahomey prospered in times of peace.
Oyo too.
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We thrive
thanks to the slave trade.
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But at what cost?
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This poison is slowly killing us,
and Europeans know it.
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They come
for human merchandise.
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They trade.
We respond to their request.
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Why do we sell
our prisoners?
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For weapons?
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Always more prisoners,
still more weapons?
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It's a vicious circle.
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We are on the wrong track.
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The spirits have spoken,
Ifá aspires to light.
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What do you suggest, Nanisca?
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We have other things to sell.
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Gold, palm oil.
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Let's double our harvests.
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She wants to make us peasants.
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I want the survival of Dahomey.
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The gods gave us
a new king,
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which must be feared.
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We don't fear a peasant.
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We started
to prepare the tribute.
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I offer to pay,
to save time.
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You have my word,
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this will be the last time.
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As for palm oil,
Nanisca,
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show me.
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Show me how much we can produce,
and we'll see.
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You speak in secret to the king,
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you are trying to push me aside.
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If I have the respect of the king,
It’s because I won it.
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My name is Amenza.
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You are in the palace of Ghézo,
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the 9th monarch of the Dahomeans,
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descendants of the leopard, Agasu,
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loved by the twin gods,
Mawu and his brother, Lisa.
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You are called
to join the king's guard.
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We fight
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or we die.
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We fight for Dahomey,
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for our sisters,
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for our great sovereign.
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You will be revered.
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You will be paid for your work.
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Your opinions will be heard.
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No other tribe or kingdom in Africa
does not enjoy this privilege.
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For this honor,
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we live our lives
within the walls of this palace.
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We don't take a husband,
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we do not give birth.
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Mahi women,
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you will not pay
for the sins of your men.
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To you and to our women,
I offer choice.
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That those who do not wish to stay
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go away.
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We don't touch
to the weapon of another warrior.
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Especially this one.
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She is cursed.
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Esi would miss an elephant
in the middle of a herd.
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Turn your back on me,
you'll see if I aim well.
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Me ?
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In my free time I searched
the perfect sharpening stone.
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A polished stone
by the current of the river.
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My nails are thorns.
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Take out their eyes
and the fight stops.
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My nails also help me
to train the apprentices.
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Didn't you take a bath?
You smell like carrion.
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I left the others
go there before me.
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First rule of your training:
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always obey Izogie.
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It's me, Izogie.
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Sorry.
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You can stay.
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Are you one of the prisoners?
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My father gave me as a gift to the king.
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Is your father rich? Certainly.
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Otherwise he would have sold you
to a rich husband.
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He tried.
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I don't want a husband.
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I want to be a warrior, an Agojié.
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- How old are you?
- 19 years old.
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You look like a child.
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I work hard,
harder than the others.
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Lots of stubborn girls
end up in this palace.
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They fail, more often than not.
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All our childhood,
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we were told the story of the Agojié.
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Of your magical powers.
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You seem to me
of an ordinary old lady.
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Fight,
It's not about magic,
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but of skills.
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We'll see if you have any.
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I'm not a fighter.
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So why did you stay?
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I have nowhere to go.
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You are a Mahi.
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Why did you stay?
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Here I will be a hunter,
not prey.
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Today,
you receive your first weapon.
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It's not okay.
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GOOD.
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Start again.
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A rope is not a weapon.
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Do you want another weapon?
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Get up.
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Go ahead, attack this soldier, decapitate him.
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- I apologize.
- Don't apologize, go ahead.
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Focus on the rope.
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Tsetse!
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Who is Tsetse?
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It's you, little fly.
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You fly in every direction,
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but you don't know where you're going.
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We want smart warriors.
Idiots die quickly.
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I'm not stupid.
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So prove it to me.
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You have to train differently.
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The exercises are a game.
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Have fun, like when you were little.
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I wasn't allowed to play.
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I had to work.
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How sad!
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You don't know anything about me.
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When I was 14,
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my mother put up a sign
to sell my virginity.
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When the first man arrived,
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I shouted,
but my mother didn't come.
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The second man
complained about my tears.
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So she beat me.
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The third man,
I burned it with an ember.
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Your family was cruel.
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My mother too.
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There is something to cry about.
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But it's better to laugh about it.
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You have a new family now.
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Apprentices, the final test is approaching.
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You will show your skills
in the presence of the king.
276
00:26:47,983 --> 00:26:51,570
Those who pass the test
will become Agojié.
277
00:26:52,196 --> 00:26:54,198
And those who fail will leave
278
00:26:55,365 --> 00:26:57,117
never to return.
279
00:27:01,288 --> 00:27:02,414
Look at that!
280
00:27:02,831 --> 00:27:06,376
The Oyo will hang you by your feet
and will slaughter you.
281
00:27:07,794 --> 00:27:09,505
Use your feet!
282
00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:29,983
Get up.
283
00:27:30,108 --> 00:27:31,401
Unless you want to die.
284
00:27:35,739 --> 00:27:37,449
Are we in a kitchen?
285
00:27:38,283 --> 00:27:41,161
You're cutting up a body, not a yam.
286
00:27:42,037 --> 00:27:43,789
Strike with determination!
287
00:27:52,089 --> 00:27:53,131
Attention !
288
00:27:53,841 --> 00:27:54,800
Fire !
289
00:28:01,181 --> 00:28:02,474
Good, Ode.
290
00:28:03,475 --> 00:28:05,310
Nawi, it looks like a turtle!
291
00:29:08,665 --> 00:29:09,499
Fumbe,
292
00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:12,669
show me how to tie the rope.
293
00:29:13,170 --> 00:29:14,463
Never.
294
00:29:14,546 --> 00:29:17,299
It's the only thing
that I do better than you.
295
00:29:17,925 --> 00:29:19,718
Ode, do you hear it?
296
00:29:22,804 --> 00:29:24,806
Have you seen Izogie?
297
00:29:25,849 --> 00:29:27,267
The spear here.
298
00:29:27,351 --> 00:29:30,270
Standing, she doesn't move,
she is not in pain.
299
00:29:32,147 --> 00:29:34,650
- I will be like her.
- Yes, my friend.
300
00:29:34,733 --> 00:29:36,568
As strong as her.
301
00:29:36,652 --> 00:29:38,654
You attack me, I attack you.
302
00:29:41,073 --> 00:29:42,199
Backhand strike.
303
00:29:57,673 --> 00:30:00,259
Which one of you pulled this prank?
304
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:07,683
- You will all be punished.
- It's me.
305
00:30:07,766 --> 00:30:09,810
- It's all of us.
- No.
306
00:30:11,019 --> 00:30:13,981
It's me. I apologize.
307
00:30:14,606 --> 00:30:16,108
Again.
308
00:30:18,151 --> 00:30:19,570
Return to your quarters.
309
00:30:25,075 --> 00:30:28,579
How did you cause this explosion?
310
00:30:29,955 --> 00:30:32,666
No need for a weapon
to use the powder,
311
00:30:32,791 --> 00:30:34,209
a spark is enough.
312
00:30:35,961 --> 00:30:37,421
Do you like guns?
313
00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:41,466
Train with the men
infantry?
314
00:30:41,884 --> 00:30:43,385
You charm them.
315
00:30:44,428 --> 00:30:46,513
- Is it forbidden?
- You know that well.
316
00:30:46,597 --> 00:30:47,764
For what ?
317
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,185
They are all married and have children.
318
00:30:51,268 --> 00:30:52,811
But not the Agojié.
319
00:30:53,437 --> 00:30:54,688
It's unfair.
320
00:30:54,771 --> 00:30:58,317
Given your arrogance, I understand
that your family abandoned you.
321
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,235
You're the arrogant one.
322
00:31:01,904 --> 00:31:05,365
I am a general.
I earned my place.
323
00:31:05,449 --> 00:31:07,201
You didn't deserve anything.
324
00:31:07,534 --> 00:31:09,036
I should chase you away!
325
00:31:09,119 --> 00:31:12,414
I saw warriors die
due to lack of discipline.
326
00:31:12,497 --> 00:31:14,583
Their easy life
didn't prepare them...
327
00:31:14,708 --> 00:31:15,751
I didn't have...
328
00:31:15,876 --> 00:31:17,544
To be an Agojié!
329
00:31:20,255 --> 00:31:22,841
I haven't had an easy life.
330
00:31:22,925 --> 00:31:24,009
Please,
331
00:31:24,092 --> 00:31:27,846
I want to be with others,
I want to fight for my king.
332
00:31:32,643 --> 00:31:33,977
Your tears
333
00:31:34,853 --> 00:31:36,271
are of no use.
334
00:31:38,649 --> 00:31:41,109
A warrior must kill her tears.
335
00:31:49,243 --> 00:31:50,285
Go away.
336
00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:02,422
Go away.
337
00:32:12,766 --> 00:32:16,228
You are a prisoner Mahi,
nothing more.
338
00:32:16,311 --> 00:32:17,729
What are you saying?
339
00:32:18,814 --> 00:32:21,149
- She killed ours.
- And you, mine.
340
00:32:21,275 --> 00:32:24,069
I was also a prisoner,
when I arrived here.
341
00:32:24,444 --> 00:32:27,197
Do you think you're worth more than me?
342
00:32:27,281 --> 00:32:28,448
No, Ajahi.
343
00:32:28,574 --> 00:32:32,160
The one who passes the final test
becomes one of us.
344
00:32:33,203 --> 00:32:35,664
It doesn't matter where she comes from.
345
00:32:47,342 --> 00:32:48,886
Tsetse,
346
00:32:48,969 --> 00:32:52,014
eats, Nanisca prefers strong ones.
347
00:32:54,474 --> 00:32:56,018
What is the first rule?
348
00:33:01,523 --> 00:33:03,400
Always obey Izogie.
349
00:33:08,030 --> 00:33:09,114
Come with me.
350
00:33:13,243 --> 00:33:14,244
Drink.
351
00:33:15,621 --> 00:33:16,872
What is this ?
352
00:33:17,289 --> 00:33:20,250
The only thing worth mentioning
coming of the whites.
353
00:33:20,334 --> 00:33:22,085
They call it "whiskey."
354
00:33:24,421 --> 00:33:25,506
That's it,
355
00:33:25,589 --> 00:33:28,217
we found a way
to silence Tsetse.
356
00:33:29,092 --> 00:33:32,095
Your tongue will send you back
in your village.
357
00:33:32,179 --> 00:33:34,306
Why did you challenge the Miganon?
358
00:33:35,140 --> 00:33:37,434
If I keep quiet,
she won't notice me.
359
00:33:37,643 --> 00:33:39,937
Do you think she has time?
to think of you?
360
00:33:40,604 --> 00:33:43,482
It's the world that interests him.
361
00:33:43,565 --> 00:33:46,109
She could well become Kpojito.
362
00:33:46,193 --> 00:33:47,569
The Woman-King?
363
00:33:48,654 --> 00:33:51,323
It's been so long
that there was none.
364
00:33:51,406 --> 00:33:53,534
Unlike his brother,
365
00:33:53,617 --> 00:33:57,204
King Ghézo believes in traditions
366
00:33:57,287 --> 00:34:00,791
and to the twin gods, Mawu and Lisa.
367
00:34:00,874 --> 00:34:02,626
Woman and man,
368
00:34:03,085 --> 00:34:04,211
equal.
369
00:34:04,962 --> 00:34:07,172
Ghézo will appoint a Woman-King.
370
00:34:07,256 --> 00:34:09,507
For the gods and for the people.
371
00:34:10,509 --> 00:34:12,761
But does the Miganon want it?
372
00:34:12,844 --> 00:34:14,304
I don't know anything about it.
373
00:34:15,054 --> 00:34:18,308
But in the palace, it's a legend.
374
00:34:18,934 --> 00:34:23,146
Young fighter, she was captured
and left for dead.
375
00:34:23,272 --> 00:34:25,023
But she came back,
376
00:34:25,732 --> 00:34:29,735
with the kofes of these bastards from Oyo
hanging from the belt.
377
00:34:55,179 --> 00:34:57,389
I hate it, you know that.
378
00:34:57,848 --> 00:35:00,100
The king drinks everything I bring him.
379
00:35:00,184 --> 00:35:01,643
He is young.
380
00:35:01,727 --> 00:35:04,563
He brought a scatterbrained wife
to the Council.
381
00:35:05,314 --> 00:35:06,440
Shante.
382
00:35:08,192 --> 00:35:10,068
She has ambition.
383
00:35:20,412 --> 00:35:22,706
Tell me your dream, Nani.
384
00:35:25,083 --> 00:35:27,794
It wards off fate
385
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,505
to say it out loud.
386
00:35:33,383 --> 00:35:35,427
I'm in the jungle.
387
00:35:38,889 --> 00:35:42,601
Something lurks in the shadows.
388
00:35:45,103 --> 00:35:47,606
An angry beast.
389
00:35:53,612 --> 00:35:55,989
I can smell his sweat, his fear.
390
00:35:56,657 --> 00:35:58,909
What does this beast look like?
391
00:35:59,743 --> 00:36:01,161
I don't know.
392
00:36:01,995 --> 00:36:03,747
I wake up at that moment.
393
00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:08,460
It's a warning, isn't it?
394
00:36:09,461 --> 00:36:11,547
Let's ask Legba.
395
00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:14,258
No, not nuts!
396
00:36:14,842 --> 00:36:16,760
Don't say that.
397
00:36:18,095 --> 00:36:19,805
They are sacred.
398
00:36:28,522 --> 00:36:30,691
Your enemies are gathering.
399
00:36:31,441 --> 00:36:33,151
You can do better than that.
400
00:36:36,947 --> 00:36:38,490
I see fire.
401
00:36:40,158 --> 00:36:44,413
Something or someone from your past.
402
00:36:45,455 --> 00:36:47,249
This is all ridiculous.
403
00:36:47,332 --> 00:36:50,127
And your remedy too.
I'm not even tired.
404
00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:51,628
Go to the altar.
405
00:36:52,713 --> 00:36:55,007
Laying offerings for the dead.
406
00:36:57,551 --> 00:36:58,844
Do it.
407
00:37:00,304 --> 00:37:04,433
If you don't respect Ifá,
At least respect your dream.
408
00:39:28,952 --> 00:39:31,830
I am General Oba Ade.
409
00:39:38,587 --> 00:39:40,923
... greetings from the King of Oyo.
410
00:39:42,257 --> 00:39:45,886
Presents for the kingdom of Oyo,
as tradition dictates.
411
00:39:48,096 --> 00:39:49,097
Nanisca.
412
00:39:57,439 --> 00:39:59,316
There have never been so few.
413
00:39:59,399 --> 00:40:00,984
We are not blind.
414
00:40:01,109 --> 00:40:04,196
Neither do we
you attacked our village.
415
00:40:07,241 --> 00:40:11,745
To fill this gap,
I accept a supplement to the tribute.
416
00:40:11,870 --> 00:40:13,247
Forty Agojié.
417
00:40:15,165 --> 00:40:16,583
Not too old.
418
00:40:20,295 --> 00:40:21,505
What if I refuse?
419
00:40:21,588 --> 00:40:23,757
The port of Ouidah will be closed to you.
420
00:40:23,841 --> 00:40:25,634
The port belongs to Dahomey.
421
00:40:25,843 --> 00:40:28,971
We took control of it,
it belongs to us.
422
00:40:33,892 --> 00:40:36,728
I'm surprised
that you brought horses.
423
00:40:37,271 --> 00:40:40,816
With the flies,
they risk tsetse disease.
424
00:40:42,734 --> 00:40:46,780
It happens that a mouse
kill an elephant.
425
00:40:46,905 --> 00:40:48,991
Are you threatening the Oyo, usurper?
426
00:40:49,074 --> 00:40:50,409
Respect the king!
427
00:40:53,704 --> 00:40:54,830
Migan,
428
00:40:54,913 --> 00:40:57,416
this new general wants to trap us.
429
00:40:57,541 --> 00:40:59,251
Let's not give in to this nonsense.
430
00:40:59,334 --> 00:41:00,669
Let's talk.
431
00:41:16,435 --> 00:41:18,020
Twenty Agojié.
432
00:41:18,145 --> 00:41:20,147
Of our choice.
433
00:41:20,856 --> 00:41:23,317
We take them ourselves to Ouidah.
434
00:41:24,151 --> 00:41:26,320
And we retain access to the port.
435
00:41:27,613 --> 00:41:31,200
Boma will stay here for the feast
that you have prepared.
436
00:41:32,075 --> 00:41:34,995
I will be in Ouidah, I will wait.
437
00:41:36,288 --> 00:41:37,164
Oba.
438
00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:04,543
Nanisca...
439
00:43:07,754 --> 00:43:09,173
What is there?
440
00:43:09,673 --> 00:43:12,176
Your nuts spoke the truth,
in the end.
441
00:43:19,433 --> 00:43:22,227
{\an8}PORT OF OUIDAH
442
00:43:44,249 --> 00:43:45,709
I don't believe it.
443
00:43:46,376 --> 00:43:47,753
I am really here.
444
00:43:48,921 --> 00:43:50,255
It's a wild land.
445
00:43:51,798 --> 00:43:53,592
You will have difficulty getting used to it,
446
00:43:53,717 --> 00:43:56,136
given the opulence in which you grew up.
447
00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:58,972
I got used to your boat well.
448
00:44:01,225 --> 00:44:02,768
Only slave ships
449
00:44:02,893 --> 00:44:04,144
reach these shores.
450
00:44:05,020 --> 00:44:07,856
And I will do business like my father.
451
00:44:08,106 --> 00:44:10,442
Your father is a printer,
452
00:44:10,567 --> 00:44:12,903
you don't know anything about it.
453
00:44:14,238 --> 00:44:15,072
Come on.
454
00:44:16,073 --> 00:44:17,658
Let's go visit the city.
455
00:45:05,205 --> 00:45:06,498
The Agojié...
456
00:45:06,832 --> 00:45:08,333
These are the Agojié.
457
00:45:24,516 --> 00:45:25,350
It's...
458
00:45:25,434 --> 00:45:26,852
The Amazons of Dahomey.
459
00:45:27,394 --> 00:45:28,478
They are virgin.
460
00:45:29,229 --> 00:45:31,273
The bloodthirsty hyenas of Africa.
461
00:45:43,076 --> 00:45:45,621
We bring tribute from King Ghézo.
462
00:45:46,705 --> 00:45:50,000
The army of Dahomey
can't find men manly enough.
463
00:45:50,626 --> 00:45:52,336
They take women.
464
00:45:53,879 --> 00:45:55,589
This is an offense to the gods!
465
00:45:57,299 --> 00:45:59,968
My men will know very well
what to do with them.
466
00:46:00,052 --> 00:46:01,512
You are wrong.
467
00:46:02,304 --> 00:46:04,640
These warriors are not your tribute.
468
00:46:04,723 --> 00:46:06,600
Here is your tribute!
469
00:46:08,393 --> 00:46:10,604
Remember this.
470
00:46:12,147 --> 00:46:14,775
The mighty King Ghezo
fear no one!
471
00:46:26,286 --> 00:46:27,120
Oyo!
472
00:47:07,911 --> 00:47:08,954
Raise the gate!
473
00:47:23,552 --> 00:47:24,887
Miganon!
474
00:47:26,054 --> 00:47:26,889
Course !
475
00:48:18,148 --> 00:48:19,024
Row!
476
00:48:30,911 --> 00:48:34,498
Why didn't you follow the plan?
and join the boats?
477
00:48:34,581 --> 00:48:37,209
The soldiers were arriving.
If I hadn't...
478
00:48:37,292 --> 00:48:40,838
Are you a heroine?
Are you acting alone, are you disobeying?
479
00:48:42,005 --> 00:48:43,590
- They would have taken you.
- Nawi!
480
00:48:48,804 --> 00:48:52,099
You risked capture
by disobeying me.
481
00:48:56,895 --> 00:48:58,272
We are Agojié.
482
00:48:58,939 --> 00:49:00,482
We don't act alone.
483
00:49:00,983 --> 00:49:04,570
We move forward together towards the same goal.
Alone, you are weak.
484
00:49:04,653 --> 00:49:06,780
You risk death, or worse.
485
00:49:08,448 --> 00:49:10,284
You saw the cages.
486
00:49:11,368 --> 00:49:13,912
A prisoner Agojié is a slave.
487
00:49:14,955 --> 00:49:17,958
Men use her,
let it rot.
488
00:49:21,253 --> 00:49:22,963
Better to die.
489
00:49:23,881 --> 00:49:25,757
Slitting your throat.
490
00:49:32,973 --> 00:49:36,018
I would never contradict you
in front of others,
491
00:49:36,101 --> 00:49:38,520
but it's you
who didn't follow the plan.
492
00:49:38,604 --> 00:49:43,400
My one and only plan, Amenza,
was to cut off his head.
493
00:50:11,970 --> 00:50:12,846
Between.
494
00:50:18,894 --> 00:50:20,521
You won, it seems.
495
00:50:24,024 --> 00:50:27,736
Nanisca, our relationship began
on bad foundations.
496
00:50:27,819 --> 00:50:29,112
I want to be your friend.
497
00:50:30,030 --> 00:50:32,658
I can help you. The king listens to me.
498
00:50:32,741 --> 00:50:36,745
Together we will give the king
always more power.
499
00:50:36,828 --> 00:50:39,289
You're the one who wants power.
500
00:50:39,998 --> 00:50:43,710
You want to stay safe,
in the luxury of your beautiful palace.
501
00:50:46,004 --> 00:50:48,465
Too much change,
it can be dangerous.
502
00:50:48,841 --> 00:50:51,385
I have often said this to my husband.
503
00:50:51,927 --> 00:50:55,347
We will know very soon
who he actually listens to.
504
00:51:12,364 --> 00:51:17,369
This palm grove alone produces
thousands of barrels of palm oil.
505
00:51:17,452 --> 00:51:20,038
By operating several palm groves,
506
00:51:20,163 --> 00:51:22,666
we can sell some
without interruption.
507
00:51:24,668 --> 00:51:27,504
I had never seen
things like that.
508
00:51:28,755 --> 00:51:30,007
But all this...
509
00:51:30,507 --> 00:51:32,009
opens my eyes.
510
00:51:32,134 --> 00:51:34,428
A visionary sees
what no one sees.
511
00:51:35,846 --> 00:51:37,681
We have declared war.
512
00:51:38,182 --> 00:51:40,100
We will conquer Oyo
513
00:51:40,225 --> 00:51:42,227
and expand our territory.
514
00:51:43,353 --> 00:51:46,398
Nanisca, we will be
the largest empire in Africa.
515
00:51:46,481 --> 00:51:47,941
Yes, my king.
516
00:51:48,025 --> 00:51:51,695
But let's not be an empire
who sells his people.
517
00:51:52,154 --> 00:51:54,531
Let us be an empire that loves its people.
518
00:51:54,865 --> 00:51:56,992
My brother sold ours.
519
00:51:58,076 --> 00:51:59,453
I will never do it.
520
00:51:59,578 --> 00:52:03,165
Whether they are from Dahomey or not,
they are part of our people.
521
00:52:04,708 --> 00:52:07,336
White people brought immorality here.
522
00:52:07,419 --> 00:52:11,465
They won't stop
before having enslaved all of Africa.
523
00:52:19,348 --> 00:52:21,642
The English navy patrols offshore,
524
00:52:22,392 --> 00:52:24,478
she seizes our merchandise.
525
00:52:24,728 --> 00:52:27,314
Your tribal wars
don't concern me in any way.
526
00:52:27,397 --> 00:52:29,650
And yours don't concern us.
527
00:52:30,025 --> 00:52:31,902
This will all be over soon.
528
00:52:33,028 --> 00:52:36,156
The Mahi and the Igbo are with us.
529
00:52:36,657 --> 00:52:39,076
At the next moon we will attack
530
00:52:39,159 --> 00:52:40,911
and we will take their city.
531
00:52:40,994 --> 00:52:42,829
Ouidah is open for business.
532
00:52:43,664 --> 00:52:45,123
You will have your merchandise.
533
00:52:58,929 --> 00:53:01,056
Do you want to discover Dahomey?
534
00:53:01,723 --> 00:53:03,433
So, let's go.
535
00:53:04,268 --> 00:53:06,186
Before he disappears.
536
00:54:36,193 --> 00:54:37,027
Santo!
537
00:54:39,321 --> 00:54:40,697
It's not funny!
538
00:54:48,163 --> 00:54:50,207
These are my clothes.
539
00:54:50,582 --> 00:54:55,003
Return to Ouidah, slave seller,
naked like the ones you sell.
540
00:54:55,629 --> 00:54:56,880
I don't sell slaves.
541
00:54:57,506 --> 00:54:58,757
Do you understand me?
542
00:54:59,216 --> 00:55:01,134
My mother was from Dahomey.
543
00:55:02,803 --> 00:55:04,847
You don't look like a Dahomean.
544
00:55:05,514 --> 00:55:07,182
My father is white.
545
00:55:08,517 --> 00:55:11,562
So you are Dahomean without being so.
546
00:55:12,521 --> 00:55:14,022
And you are white...
547
00:55:15,190 --> 00:55:16,275
without being.
548
00:55:19,152 --> 00:55:21,864
Could I have my pants?
549
00:55:27,786 --> 00:55:29,538
I saw you in Ouidah.
550
00:55:30,706 --> 00:55:32,749
Why are you in the jungle?
551
00:55:32,833 --> 00:55:34,668
I'm going to Dahomey.
552
00:55:35,669 --> 00:55:38,088
My mother spoke to me a lot
from this place.
553
00:55:40,507 --> 00:55:42,134
Maybe I'll see you there.
554
00:55:42,467 --> 00:55:44,761
If we let you into the palace.
555
00:56:10,245 --> 00:56:12,206
My name is Malik.
556
00:56:13,165 --> 00:56:14,166
Malik!
557
00:56:23,675 --> 00:56:25,302
Is the water good?
558
00:56:34,436 --> 00:56:36,980
I don't like this young captain.
559
00:56:37,064 --> 00:56:39,316
He acts proud like a fighting cock.
560
00:56:39,441 --> 00:56:41,026
For once, we agree.
561
00:56:41,151 --> 00:56:42,319
It's been a long time !
562
00:56:44,488 --> 00:56:45,656
Where were you hiding?
563
00:56:49,034 --> 00:56:51,537
Your Portuguese is perfect, my king.
564
00:56:51,745 --> 00:56:53,413
My father salutes you.
565
00:56:53,914 --> 00:56:55,832
So you're captain?
566
00:56:55,916 --> 00:56:57,084
- Yes.
- Alright.
567
00:56:57,167 --> 00:56:58,794
He taught me everything.
568
00:56:58,877 --> 00:56:59,711
Presents.
569
00:57:00,087 --> 00:57:00,963
For you.
570
00:57:02,506 --> 00:57:03,674
Alright.
571
00:57:11,306 --> 00:57:12,724
I thank you.
572
00:57:17,145 --> 00:57:18,605
This is Malik.
573
00:57:18,689 --> 00:57:21,108
His mother was captured in Dahomey.
574
00:57:23,694 --> 00:57:25,904
My mother suffered the same fate.
575
00:57:26,446 --> 00:57:28,490
It was sold by my brother.
576
00:57:29,241 --> 00:57:31,910
I sent men to your country.
577
00:57:31,994 --> 00:57:34,580
They will bring her back, they have to.
578
00:57:35,289 --> 00:57:39,501
And if they find your mother,
they will also bring her back.
579
00:57:40,752 --> 00:57:42,754
I just buried him.
580
00:57:43,172 --> 00:57:46,008
She wanted me to come
on his native land,
581
00:57:46,091 --> 00:57:48,385
the only place where she was free.
582
00:57:49,595 --> 00:57:51,305
This is your land.
583
00:57:51,388 --> 00:57:52,806
You are at home.
584
00:57:53,932 --> 00:57:56,226
And you come at just the right time.
585
00:57:56,310 --> 00:57:59,730
Our magnificent Agojié
pass their final test.
586
00:57:59,813 --> 00:58:01,982
Please sit down.
587
00:58:02,065 --> 00:58:03,817
Settle down.
588
00:58:03,901 --> 00:58:05,777
Find them seats.
589
00:58:09,031 --> 00:58:10,365
Alright.
590
00:58:12,242 --> 00:58:13,535
Let's get started!
591
00:58:18,248 --> 00:58:19,082
Come on.
592
00:58:38,227 --> 00:58:39,770
Don't give in to fear.
593
00:58:39,853 --> 00:58:41,355
Face it.
594
00:58:42,064 --> 00:58:44,149
We fight tirelessly.
595
00:59:17,182 --> 00:59:18,225
Fumbe!
596
00:59:29,570 --> 00:59:31,196
Come!
597
01:01:04,873 --> 01:01:05,749
Approach.
598
01:01:06,959 --> 01:01:08,377
Come closer, my dear.
599
01:01:13,882 --> 01:01:15,133
What is your name?
600
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:16,802
Nawi, my king.
601
01:01:18,011 --> 01:01:20,389
You are as beautiful as you are formidable.
602
01:01:21,974 --> 01:01:25,060
If she wasn't so good,
I would have already married her.
603
01:01:29,982 --> 01:01:31,441
To the winner!
604
01:01:36,071 --> 01:01:38,866
The gods will bless you,
they will watch over you.
605
01:01:45,414 --> 01:01:47,291
Well done everyone.
606
01:01:47,541 --> 01:01:50,502
You are the greatest
African warriors.
607
01:01:51,003 --> 01:01:52,713
Welcome to the king's guard.
608
01:02:18,363 --> 01:02:19,323
Don't move.
609
01:02:22,242 --> 01:02:23,243
THANKS.
610
01:02:24,244 --> 01:02:27,831
Why did you go back to help Fumbe?
You could have lost.
611
01:02:27,915 --> 01:02:31,126
Fumbe is my friend.
I want her to stay.
612
01:02:31,502 --> 01:02:33,170
For that, she had to succeed.
613
01:02:33,253 --> 01:02:34,296
To be useful,
614
01:02:34,421 --> 01:02:36,715
she must know how to fend for herself.
615
01:02:38,467 --> 01:02:40,928
Wouldn't you have helped your friend, Miganon?
616
01:02:41,011 --> 01:02:41,845
Amenza?
617
01:02:42,346 --> 01:02:44,681
I would step on his head
to win.
618
01:02:48,936 --> 01:02:52,773
Your first scars.
The mark of warriors.
619
01:02:53,857 --> 01:02:54,983
See?
620
01:02:57,736 --> 01:02:59,821
You will have many more.
621
01:03:10,499 --> 01:03:11,667
Watch carefully...
622
01:03:12,876 --> 01:03:15,879
to remove all the thorns. There...
623
01:03:16,004 --> 01:03:16,964
There...
624
01:03:17,589 --> 01:03:18,423
There...
625
01:03:20,717 --> 01:03:21,927
What is it?
626
01:03:24,555 --> 01:03:27,474
My father called it
the mark of the devil.
627
01:03:27,975 --> 01:03:30,727
I had it
when he took me from the orphanage.
628
01:03:32,062 --> 01:03:33,564
Are you an orphan?
629
01:03:35,899 --> 01:03:37,776
But your father...
630
01:03:37,860 --> 01:03:39,444
He took me in.
631
01:03:40,028 --> 01:03:42,698
But I haven't been
the girl he dreamed of.
632
01:04:06,513 --> 01:04:07,347
Nani?
633
01:04:13,437 --> 01:04:15,147
What did you do with it?
634
01:04:15,230 --> 01:04:16,064
What ?
635
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:25,199
- I had to keep quiet.
- Please.
636
01:04:25,282 --> 01:04:27,659
You made me swear
that if you asked...
637
01:04:27,993 --> 01:04:29,244
Amenza!
638
01:04:30,871 --> 01:04:34,333
I am not your servant, Nanisca.
639
01:04:46,136 --> 01:04:49,097
- I gave it to the missionaries.
- Which ones?
640
01:04:49,223 --> 01:04:50,974
Those we met...
641
01:04:51,058 --> 01:04:53,143
- Where did they go?
- I don't know.
642
01:04:53,227 --> 01:04:56,396
- In which direction?
- I followed your order!
643
01:04:57,231 --> 01:04:59,691
To free you from your burden,
644
01:04:59,816 --> 01:05:02,194
I chose to abandon it.
645
01:05:02,319 --> 01:05:03,737
- Is that all?
- Yes !
646
01:05:03,862 --> 01:05:05,197
I never lie to you!
647
01:05:07,866 --> 01:05:11,411
Why are you asking these questions?
after all this time?
648
01:05:14,665 --> 01:05:17,459
Because Nawi is an orphan?
649
01:05:20,045 --> 01:05:23,298
You don't even think that she...
650
01:05:26,510 --> 01:05:27,845
Of course not.
651
01:05:29,513 --> 01:05:30,514
No.
652
01:05:41,984 --> 01:05:45,153
The gods are not that cruel.
653
01:05:54,037 --> 01:05:56,832
Speak my language
when you are in my palace.
654
01:05:58,834 --> 01:06:02,754
Your wife Shante says
that you want to stop trafficking.
655
01:06:04,798 --> 01:06:06,717
She doesn't speak on my behalf.
656
01:06:07,467 --> 01:06:09,511
She will be punished for believing him.
657
01:06:11,763 --> 01:06:14,933
She says it's the will
of your general, not yours.
658
01:06:15,017 --> 01:06:17,728
My generals act according to my will.
659
01:06:17,811 --> 01:06:21,106
So you want to sell
palm oil?
660
01:06:21,190 --> 01:06:26,028
I want my people to prosper
as much as yours.
661
01:06:27,404 --> 01:06:29,489
If my people prosper,
662
01:06:30,073 --> 01:06:32,618
it’s thanks to the slave trade.
663
01:06:32,701 --> 01:06:35,662
And it is this milking
who made you rich,
664
01:06:36,121 --> 01:06:38,749
as rich as the King of England.
665
01:06:39,750 --> 01:06:43,420
If you stop milking,
you will be nothing more.
666
01:06:43,962 --> 01:06:45,631
You will reign, but over...
667
01:06:46,673 --> 01:06:47,674
a pile of mud.
668
01:06:48,425 --> 01:06:51,512
All captains
will go to do business elsewhere.
669
01:06:52,429 --> 01:06:54,723
What, selling Africans?
670
01:06:56,767 --> 01:06:59,228
You will be without protection.
671
01:06:59,937 --> 01:07:01,647
Without protection?
672
01:07:07,277 --> 01:07:12,032
I know very well
that we are not for you
673
01:07:12,157 --> 01:07:13,492
than a commodity.
674
01:07:16,411 --> 01:07:18,121
But I am king.
675
01:07:19,581 --> 01:07:21,667
Whether you respect him or not.
676
01:07:23,502 --> 01:07:26,797
And if you're no longer of any use to me...
677
01:07:28,423 --> 01:07:30,884
you too are without protection.
678
01:07:51,363 --> 01:07:52,197
Malik.
679
01:07:56,410 --> 01:07:57,327
Nawi.
680
01:07:58,370 --> 01:08:00,247
- Can I come in?
- No.
681
01:08:00,622 --> 01:08:03,125
No man crosses
the palm wall.
682
01:08:03,792 --> 01:08:06,628
In Brazil, foreigners
look at the king's wives?
683
01:08:06,753 --> 01:08:07,588
In Brazil,
684
01:08:07,671 --> 01:08:12,718
women cover their bodies
with sleeves and long skirts.
685
01:08:12,968 --> 01:08:14,761
How do they run?
686
01:08:20,893 --> 01:08:22,895
We're camping in front of the palace tonight.
687
01:08:22,978 --> 01:08:24,354
Come see me.
688
01:08:24,729 --> 01:08:27,649
- Tonight we take the blood oath.
- Come later.
689
01:08:29,193 --> 01:08:31,862
If you want a girl
to keep you company,
690
01:08:31,987 --> 01:08:33,988
you can get one at the market.
691
01:08:34,072 --> 01:08:36,908
No, I'd just like to talk to you.
692
01:08:38,410 --> 01:08:39,286
Malik!
693
01:08:43,582 --> 01:08:45,542
Will you come see me?
694
01:09:39,179 --> 01:09:40,973
Blood of our sisters!
695
01:09:43,183 --> 01:09:44,600
Make us invincible
696
01:09:47,104 --> 01:09:48,522
You live for me
697
01:09:49,857 --> 01:09:51,108
I live for you
698
01:09:53,609 --> 01:09:54,945
Blood of our sisters
699
01:09:56,530 --> 01:09:58,657
Make us invincible
700
01:10:03,370 --> 01:10:05,956
You live for me, I live for you
701
01:10:16,592 --> 01:10:18,510
You are now my sister.
702
01:10:18,594 --> 01:10:21,180
I will be proud to fight alongside you.
703
01:10:21,263 --> 01:10:23,265
I want you to teach me.
704
01:10:23,348 --> 01:10:25,267
Like the Miganon did for you.
705
01:10:26,059 --> 01:10:28,520
Me too,
I want to be a great warrior.
706
01:10:28,604 --> 01:10:32,107
For that, you have to be focused.
707
01:10:32,191 --> 01:10:34,151
No distractions.
708
01:10:34,234 --> 01:10:35,360
All right.
709
01:10:37,988 --> 01:10:40,032
Before the test,
710
01:10:40,115 --> 01:10:43,118
I saw the man from Brazil
give you a sign.
711
01:10:43,619 --> 01:10:45,037
Do you know this man?
712
01:10:47,497 --> 01:10:49,583
I met him in the jungle.
713
01:10:50,083 --> 01:10:51,627
“In the jungle”.
714
01:10:54,129 --> 01:10:56,256
What, do you have feelings for him?
715
01:10:56,715 --> 01:10:59,760
I have no way of knowing
how I feel about him.
716
01:11:01,762 --> 01:11:03,305
You want me to teach you.
717
01:11:07,684 --> 01:11:11,647
You are powerful,
much more than you think.
718
01:11:12,564 --> 01:11:14,650
Don't ruin everything.
719
01:11:19,112 --> 01:11:20,322
For love, right?
720
01:11:20,906 --> 01:11:22,950
Love makes you weak.
721
01:11:23,242 --> 01:11:24,952
Do you really think so?
722
01:11:27,955 --> 01:11:29,581
Have you never loved?
723
01:11:31,834 --> 01:11:34,002
One day I will be Miganon.
724
01:11:36,588 --> 01:11:38,131
You can't have both.
725
01:11:38,966 --> 01:11:40,551
Will that be enough for you?
726
01:11:41,218 --> 01:11:43,262
We chose this life.
727
01:11:44,346 --> 01:11:46,557
We all survive in our own way.
728
01:11:46,890 --> 01:11:48,475
You will find yours.
729
01:12:02,865 --> 01:12:04,825
My mother was a slave.
730
01:12:05,075 --> 01:12:07,536
I have never seen Africans
otherwise.
731
01:12:08,245 --> 01:12:10,372
I never dreamed of us...
732
01:12:11,290 --> 01:12:12,583
in kings...
733
01:12:13,375 --> 01:12:14,835
as warriors.
734
01:12:17,504 --> 01:12:19,548
But today...
735
01:12:20,215 --> 01:12:22,384
I see greatness.
736
01:12:24,011 --> 01:12:25,971
I see beauty.
737
01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:28,599
I believe you are a good man.
738
01:12:29,433 --> 01:12:31,768
Don't ally yourself with slave sellers.
739
01:12:32,853 --> 01:12:34,479
I grew up with him.
740
01:12:34,563 --> 01:12:37,191
But does he see our beauty like you?
741
01:12:47,743 --> 01:12:49,536
Nawi, the Oyo are coming.
742
01:12:49,870 --> 01:12:51,038
We are ready.
743
01:12:51,121 --> 01:12:53,498
They will not be alone.
744
01:12:53,582 --> 01:12:55,626
There will be other tribes.
745
01:12:55,709 --> 01:12:57,753
I heard their general.
746
01:12:59,046 --> 01:13:01,173
We have to tell the Miganon.
747
01:13:01,256 --> 01:13:02,549
I have to go back.
748
01:13:02,674 --> 01:13:03,717
Wait.
749
01:13:04,718 --> 01:13:06,929
We leave again tomorrow.
750
01:13:20,609 --> 01:13:22,236
It's Ogou.
751
01:13:23,278 --> 01:13:25,656
He embodies courage and strength.
752
01:13:25,781 --> 01:13:28,158
Maybe he'll bring you back to us.
753
01:13:31,036 --> 01:13:33,288
I have nothing to offer you.
754
01:13:53,976 --> 01:13:55,686
I'll take you back.
755
01:14:15,455 --> 01:14:16,456
Miganon.
756
01:14:19,835 --> 01:14:21,545
I know something.
757
01:14:22,045 --> 01:14:24,339
One of the men who came to the palace, Malik,
758
01:14:24,423 --> 01:14:27,718
said that General Oyo
called other tribes for reinforcement.
759
01:14:27,801 --> 01:14:29,720
They are going to march on Dahomey.
760
01:14:30,095 --> 01:14:32,389
The Oyo galvanized them.
761
01:14:35,100 --> 01:14:38,562
Where did you speak to this man, this Malik?
762
01:14:39,563 --> 01:14:41,690
He spoke to me
through the palm wall.
763
01:14:41,899 --> 01:14:44,234
The night you swear loyalty
to your sisters,
764
01:14:44,359 --> 01:14:46,653
you see in secret
a slave seller?
765
01:14:46,737 --> 01:14:49,531
It's not one of them,
his mother was from Dahomey.
766
01:14:49,615 --> 01:14:50,949
Are you defending him?
767
01:14:53,035 --> 01:14:54,786
Did he give you this dagger?
768
01:14:56,955 --> 01:14:58,248
Where did you go?
769
01:14:59,625 --> 01:15:00,751
Nowhere.
770
01:15:00,834 --> 01:15:01,877
Come here.
771
01:15:04,421 --> 01:15:05,422
Here !
772
01:15:19,102 --> 01:15:21,146
You are an Agojié.
773
01:15:22,105 --> 01:15:24,149
You can't be with a man.
774
01:15:24,942 --> 01:15:27,986
You believe that you are unique,
that I wouldn't chase you away?
775
01:15:28,070 --> 01:15:29,196
Think again.
776
01:15:29,279 --> 01:15:30,739
I don't think I'm unique.
777
01:15:30,822 --> 01:15:34,034
Don't lower your head, don't do that!
778
01:15:35,911 --> 01:15:37,663
I know your arrogance.
779
01:15:38,163 --> 01:15:40,874
You do as you please,
you ignore the rules.
780
01:15:40,958 --> 01:15:42,584
What do you expect from me?
781
01:15:44,002 --> 01:15:46,797
I showed today
that I am the best!
782
01:15:46,880 --> 01:15:49,341
Being the best is not enough!
783
01:15:50,509 --> 01:15:52,886
Your arrogance and your stupidity
will lose you.
784
01:15:53,095 --> 01:15:54,638
I'm not you!
785
01:15:55,264 --> 01:15:58,934
Izogie told me about your capture.
This will never happen to me!
786
01:15:59,017 --> 01:16:01,895
I was raped several times
every night.
787
01:16:04,773 --> 01:16:08,235
When they arrived,
I wanted to die.
788
01:16:10,696 --> 01:16:12,489
They took everything from me,
789
01:16:13,115 --> 01:16:14,908
everything I knew.
790
01:16:15,784 --> 01:16:18,954
And when I was finally able to escape,
I was expecting a child.
791
01:16:20,122 --> 01:16:21,999
The child of these men.
792
01:16:23,584 --> 01:16:27,796
So as not to be separated from my sisters,
I hid.
793
01:16:29,673 --> 01:16:33,010
I took baths alone,
and my belly was getting bigger.
794
01:16:48,150 --> 01:16:50,027
I had a daughter.
795
01:16:50,110 --> 01:16:52,613
I told Amenza
to take him away from me.
796
01:16:54,156 --> 01:16:57,075
But the blood continued to flow.
797
01:16:57,201 --> 01:17:00,329
So, Amenza went
seek a cure.
798
01:17:00,454 --> 01:17:02,414
She left me with her.
799
01:17:04,541 --> 01:17:06,627
So, I did something.
800
01:17:35,072 --> 01:17:36,823
I made an incision
801
01:17:36,949 --> 01:17:39,409
on the back of his left arm,
802
01:17:39,493 --> 01:17:41,036
and I sank a tooth into it.
803
01:17:42,871 --> 01:17:44,373
A shark tooth.
804
01:17:51,713 --> 01:17:53,298
It's not me.
805
01:20:04,888 --> 01:20:08,183
They are a day away from our set.
806
01:20:08,350 --> 01:20:10,644
They will set up their camp there.
807
01:20:12,062 --> 01:20:15,774
They expect us to stay
behind our walls.
808
01:20:16,024 --> 01:20:17,609
There are many more of them.
809
01:20:17,693 --> 01:20:20,988
Their numbers make them arrogant and slow.
810
01:20:21,613 --> 01:20:23,323
Like their weapons.
811
01:20:38,922 --> 01:20:42,301
But no need for a weapon
to use the powder.
812
01:20:43,886 --> 01:20:45,971
A spark is enough.
813
01:20:47,556 --> 01:20:52,436
It happens that a termite
kills an elephant.
814
01:20:53,896 --> 01:20:56,815
We will give them war
that they want.
815
01:21:54,998 --> 01:21:57,501
For 90 years,
816
01:21:57,626 --> 01:22:01,129
Dahomey lived under the yoke of Oyo.
817
01:22:02,548 --> 01:22:04,258
The rain falling,
818
01:22:04,341 --> 01:22:06,552
it is our ancestors who cry
819
01:22:06,677 --> 01:22:10,222
for the suffering endured
in the dark holds of ships
820
01:22:10,347 --> 01:22:12,683
sailing towards distant shores.
821
01:22:15,686 --> 01:22:17,104
The wind that blows,
822
01:22:18,021 --> 01:22:21,191
these are our ancestors
who push us to go and fight
823
01:22:21,275 --> 01:22:23,527
against those who enslave us.
824
01:22:24,695 --> 01:22:26,363
The thunder that resounds,
825
01:22:26,697 --> 01:22:31,910
it is our ancestors who order us
to break the chains of doubt
826
01:22:31,994 --> 01:22:33,871
and to fight with bravery.
827
01:22:35,539 --> 01:22:38,876
We fight for the present,
but also for the future.
828
01:22:39,793 --> 01:22:43,672
We are the spear of victory.
829
01:22:44,756 --> 01:22:46,925
We are the sword of freedom.
830
01:22:47,634 --> 01:22:50,470
We are Dahomey!
831
01:24:15,639 --> 01:24:17,808
We are being attacked!
832
01:24:26,984 --> 01:24:28,777
Take your weapons!
833
01:24:29,194 --> 01:24:30,612
We are Oyo!
834
01:28:21,510 --> 01:28:22,845
Where is Oba?
835
01:28:25,848 --> 01:28:27,307
Where is Oba?
836
01:28:41,029 --> 01:28:41,947
We're retreating!
837
01:28:43,198 --> 01:28:44,199
We're retreating!
838
01:28:44,533 --> 01:28:45,742
Oyo, fall back!
839
01:29:19,193 --> 01:29:20,944
Take the Agojié.
840
01:29:21,028 --> 01:29:22,196
Oyo, run away!
841
01:29:23,447 --> 01:29:25,657
Oba wants the Agojié.
842
01:29:25,949 --> 01:29:27,409
Faster!
843
01:29:42,799 --> 01:29:44,259
They are retreating!
844
01:30:11,286 --> 01:30:12,871
You fought well,
845
01:30:13,372 --> 01:30:14,790
my little sister.
846
01:30:19,461 --> 01:30:21,255
Rest now.
847
01:30:33,100 --> 01:30:34,560
She's not here.
848
01:30:35,769 --> 01:30:37,646
Nobody saw her.
849
01:31:22,024 --> 01:31:23,192
Fumbe.
850
01:31:24,484 --> 01:31:25,485
I failed.
851
01:31:25,569 --> 01:31:26,653
No.
852
01:31:27,112 --> 01:31:28,363
You survived.
853
01:31:32,534 --> 01:31:34,077
You are not attached to anyone.
854
01:31:36,288 --> 01:31:37,539
Jump.
855
01:31:38,999 --> 01:31:40,542
Do you want to live?
856
01:31:45,464 --> 01:31:46,340
NOW !
857
01:32:07,319 --> 01:32:09,071
We have to leave the continent.
858
01:32:09,613 --> 01:32:11,156
Aren't we going back?
859
01:32:11,240 --> 01:32:12,491
We were beaten.
860
01:32:12,574 --> 01:32:15,160
If we go back, we're dead.
861
01:32:18,038 --> 01:32:19,831
Put this one up for sale.
862
01:32:20,207 --> 01:32:22,709
They will pay dearly for female fighters.
863
01:32:27,798 --> 01:32:28,799
Advance.
864
01:32:30,175 --> 01:32:31,468
Move on, I said!
865
01:32:54,658 --> 01:32:56,076
Back off!
866
01:32:56,159 --> 01:32:57,703
Make room for him.
867
01:33:14,344 --> 01:33:15,387
Izogie!
868
01:33:19,224 --> 01:33:20,350
Sit down.
869
01:33:35,490 --> 01:33:36,491
Eaten.
870
01:33:37,576 --> 01:33:39,953
We'll need strength to escape.
871
01:33:43,707 --> 01:33:45,626
My arm is broken.
872
01:33:46,335 --> 01:33:48,170
I know what I have to do.
873
01:33:49,630 --> 01:33:51,590
What the Miganon said.
874
01:33:54,510 --> 01:33:56,386
We cut our throats.
875
01:33:58,388 --> 01:34:00,015
No way.
876
01:34:02,518 --> 01:34:03,810
“Don’t give in to fear.
877
01:34:03,894 --> 01:34:05,646
“Confront her.
878
01:34:08,524 --> 01:34:11,026
We fight tirelessly.”
879
01:34:15,197 --> 01:34:16,823
You are Izogie.
880
01:34:17,616 --> 01:34:19,034
You said it yourself.
881
01:34:19,868 --> 01:34:22,412
“We fight tirelessly.”
882
01:34:24,039 --> 01:34:24,873
Come on!
883
01:34:46,353 --> 01:34:48,021
Put it back in place.
884
01:35:14,298 --> 01:35:16,675
You are strong, for a little fly.
885
01:35:27,311 --> 01:35:28,854
What do we do?
886
01:35:57,674 --> 01:35:59,635
They took us to the cages.
887
01:35:59,718 --> 01:36:01,178
How many others?
888
01:36:01,929 --> 01:36:03,597
Three, I think.
889
01:36:03,680 --> 01:36:04,765
Izogie?
890
01:36:06,225 --> 01:36:07,851
I didn't see her.
891
01:36:09,603 --> 01:36:11,688
Nawi told me to jump out of the cart.
892
01:36:12,397 --> 01:36:13,482
Nawi?
893
01:36:19,196 --> 01:36:21,073
Miganon, Ajahi,
894
01:36:21,532 --> 01:36:23,283
the king asks you.
895
01:36:23,951 --> 01:36:27,663
I made you come
because I chose the Kpojito.
896
01:36:28,622 --> 01:36:30,707
Kpojito is loved by the people.
897
01:36:30,832 --> 01:36:34,753
She must deserve
his admiration and trust.
898
01:36:35,087 --> 01:36:38,841
We must share
our vision of the future, she and I.
899
01:36:38,924 --> 01:36:40,467
A future full of audacity.
900
01:36:41,301 --> 01:36:42,511
It is for this reason
901
01:36:42,594 --> 01:36:44,388
that I chose Nanisca.
902
01:36:49,309 --> 01:36:51,562
- He's a common soldier!
- Sit!
903
01:36:51,687 --> 01:36:53,313
- Tainted by the enemy!
- Shut up !
904
01:36:53,438 --> 01:36:54,398
Shante...
905
01:36:58,193 --> 01:37:01,154
Kelu, Efe, go talk to him, quickly.
906
01:37:03,365 --> 01:37:04,783
We will celebrate this.
907
01:37:05,742 --> 01:37:09,538
We will invite the inhabitants of the city
for a great feast.
908
01:37:09,621 --> 01:37:11,206
Get to work!
909
01:37:17,087 --> 01:37:18,130
Congratulations.
910
01:37:31,977 --> 01:37:35,189
My king, this is a great honor.
911
01:37:35,272 --> 01:37:37,774
But it may be too early.
912
01:37:37,858 --> 01:37:40,944
We have lost so many warriors,
the people are in mourning.
913
01:37:41,028 --> 01:37:42,321
In mourning?
914
01:37:43,071 --> 01:37:46,909
No one is in mourning, we won.
We have broken the yoke.
915
01:37:46,992 --> 01:37:49,494
My king,
I want to free the captive Agojié.
916
01:37:49,578 --> 01:37:51,872
They will be sold, exploited...
917
01:37:51,997 --> 01:37:53,665
What you are looking for is here.
918
01:37:55,125 --> 01:37:58,337
These sacrifices serve the common good.
Let's move forward.
919
01:37:58,420 --> 01:38:00,088
I'll go alone, I have to try.
920
01:38:00,172 --> 01:38:01,715
You are disobeying me, Nanisca.
921
01:38:03,175 --> 01:38:06,053
Do you take my admiration
for weakness?
922
01:38:07,346 --> 01:38:08,847
I am your king.
923
01:38:09,890 --> 01:38:11,391
Listen to me carefully.
924
01:38:11,475 --> 01:38:13,644
You will not go and free the captives.
925
01:38:14,353 --> 01:38:16,313
You will stay by my side
926
01:38:16,438 --> 01:38:18,982
and you will accept the honor
that I do to you.
927
01:38:20,025 --> 01:38:21,902
Don't arouse my anger.
928
01:38:37,626 --> 01:38:39,503
They will come in the morning.
929
01:38:39,586 --> 01:38:41,672
- Push yourself!
- Back off!
930
01:38:44,550 --> 01:38:45,592
Don't move!
931
01:38:56,103 --> 01:38:57,104
Advance !
932
01:38:57,896 --> 01:39:00,148
They will take the Agojié first.
933
01:39:22,963 --> 01:39:24,006
Stand up.
934
01:39:33,557 --> 01:39:35,684
You will have to remain patient.
935
01:39:42,149 --> 01:39:44,193
When we are on the stage,
936
01:39:44,610 --> 01:39:46,153
they will remove our chains.
937
01:39:46,862 --> 01:39:48,739
We will have our legs.
938
01:39:59,416 --> 01:40:02,252
They must not see
that my arm is broken.
939
01:40:20,020 --> 01:40:22,397
When we are sold,
this will be the moment.
940
01:40:23,440 --> 01:40:25,400
You will create a diversion.
941
01:40:25,484 --> 01:40:27,277
I give you 90 for this one.
942
01:40:27,361 --> 01:40:28,695
120.
943
01:40:30,364 --> 01:40:33,033
Oba, you promised me a good price.
944
01:40:33,116 --> 01:40:34,701
The highest bidder will have it.
945
01:40:34,785 --> 01:40:37,454
We will disarm one guard each
and we will flee.
946
01:40:38,372 --> 01:40:41,124
We don't stop
before reaching the sea.
947
01:40:41,542 --> 01:40:43,001
150 reales.
948
01:40:50,342 --> 01:40:51,176
Nawi!
949
01:40:51,718 --> 01:40:53,428
Santo, what are you doing?
950
01:40:53,762 --> 01:40:55,514
That's what I'm here for!
951
01:40:55,597 --> 01:40:57,474
You're the savage, not them!
952
01:40:57,558 --> 01:40:59,142
Don't get involved in this!
953
01:40:59,268 --> 01:41:02,855
You're lucky not to be there!
954
01:41:24,084 --> 01:41:25,085
Don't move!
955
01:41:43,979 --> 01:41:44,855
No...
956
01:42:01,663 --> 01:42:02,664
Izogie...
957
01:42:04,541 --> 01:42:05,626
Come...
958
01:42:07,836 --> 01:42:08,837
Get up.
959
01:42:11,006 --> 01:42:12,549
Izogie, get up.
960
01:42:22,768 --> 01:42:23,936
I'm sorry.
961
01:42:24,019 --> 01:42:25,103
Nawi...
962
01:42:27,856 --> 01:42:29,816
It looks like a turtle.
963
01:42:31,026 --> 01:42:32,319
I'm sorry.
964
01:42:32,402 --> 01:42:34,238
I'm sorry!
965
01:42:34,321 --> 01:42:35,864
We're leaving.
966
01:42:49,586 --> 01:42:51,380
Don't go near her!
967
01:42:51,839 --> 01:42:53,131
Don't come any closer!
968
01:43:11,525 --> 01:43:12,985
If you want it,
969
01:43:13,902 --> 01:43:15,571
It's 100 reales.
970
01:43:35,465 --> 01:43:36,800
- Where are you going?
- Push yourself.
971
01:43:36,884 --> 01:43:39,469
You know what the king will do to you
if you challenge him.
972
01:43:39,553 --> 01:43:43,056
You will be banned, or worse!
I won't let you do it.
973
01:43:43,140 --> 01:43:44,558
I know what it is.
974
01:43:45,434 --> 01:43:46,852
In my dream.
975
01:43:48,228 --> 01:43:50,480
The beast that scares me so much.
976
01:43:56,486 --> 01:43:57,905
It's me.
977
01:44:02,951 --> 01:44:05,621
It's this young girl
silenced,
978
01:44:05,954 --> 01:44:08,749
chained by these men.
979
01:44:12,419 --> 01:44:14,213
I've been hiding it all this time.
980
01:44:15,088 --> 01:44:17,049
I ignored his suffering.
981
01:44:21,470 --> 01:44:23,972
But I'm going to listen to it now.
982
01:44:28,143 --> 01:44:29,686
I must try to save her.
983
01:44:29,770 --> 01:44:30,812
No...
984
01:44:32,481 --> 01:44:33,690
Please.
985
01:45:59,860 --> 01:46:02,571
We are in danger.
I brought you some clothes.
986
01:46:02,654 --> 01:46:04,948
I will take you out
at nightfall.
987
01:46:05,032 --> 01:46:07,409
- Am I your property?
- Of course not.
988
01:46:07,492 --> 01:46:08,368
Get out of here!
989
01:46:08,452 --> 01:46:10,412
- I protect you.
- By locking me up?
990
01:46:10,537 --> 01:46:13,749
Do you know what they will do to you?
A white man was killed.
991
01:46:18,795 --> 01:46:20,422
You have the key now.
992
01:46:22,132 --> 01:46:24,343
You can decide to open or close.
993
01:47:28,907 --> 01:47:32,494
My mother guided me here
for me to find who I am.
994
01:47:33,787 --> 01:47:35,247
And I found you.
995
01:47:36,081 --> 01:47:39,835
I have places on a ship
who is going to leave for England.
996
01:47:41,044 --> 01:47:42,421
I want to protect you.
997
01:47:47,593 --> 01:47:51,471
My heart is covered in scars.
998
01:48:08,822 --> 01:48:09,865
My husband,
999
01:48:10,240 --> 01:48:13,410
forgive me
for challenging your decision.
1000
01:48:14,828 --> 01:48:16,288
What do you want?
1001
01:48:16,371 --> 01:48:17,539
Let me pass.
1002
01:48:17,623 --> 01:48:19,374
The wives speak.
1003
01:48:20,292 --> 01:48:22,044
I told Tanonu...
1004
01:48:22,127 --> 01:48:25,130
I forbade you to speak
of my affairs with wives.
1005
01:48:25,214 --> 01:48:27,716
My king, forgive me.
1006
01:48:27,799 --> 01:48:29,718
Nanisca left for Ouidah
1007
01:48:29,801 --> 01:48:32,387
with the Migan and several fighters.
1008
01:48:32,471 --> 01:48:33,931
Let's postpone the feast.
1009
01:48:34,014 --> 01:48:35,933
No, there are rumors.
1010
01:48:36,016 --> 01:48:38,810
If you postpone,
this will be taken for weakness.
1011
01:49:19,977 --> 01:49:21,854
Where are the others?
1012
01:49:23,105 --> 01:49:25,232
They killed Izogie, Miganon.
1013
01:49:26,525 --> 01:49:27,943
Nawi is no longer there.
1014
01:49:45,669 --> 01:49:47,880
We don't take any prisoners.
1015
01:49:47,963 --> 01:49:51,133
Reduce everything to ashes.
1016
01:50:18,952 --> 01:50:20,329
Sound the alarm!
1017
01:50:41,266 --> 01:50:44,603
Nawi, let me in!
1018
01:50:47,648 --> 01:50:48,815
We have to leave.
1019
01:50:48,899 --> 01:50:51,735
My sisters are here, I have to help them.
1020
01:50:53,111 --> 01:50:54,446
And I will help you.
1021
01:50:58,033 --> 01:50:59,451
You have to leave.
1022
01:51:05,582 --> 01:51:07,042
They are stained with blood.
1023
01:51:10,963 --> 01:51:12,464
Put this on.
1024
01:51:20,347 --> 01:51:22,057
I'll take care of it.
1025
01:51:23,517 --> 01:51:25,227
I will be on the beach.
1026
01:52:03,015 --> 01:52:04,558
I want Oba.
1027
01:52:22,367 --> 01:52:24,203
Quick, over here!
1028
01:52:24,286 --> 01:52:25,746
Come on !
1029
01:52:25,829 --> 01:52:27,164
Malik!
1030
01:52:27,623 --> 01:52:28,790
PUSH !
1031
01:52:43,805 --> 01:52:45,098
Malik, get in!
1032
01:53:00,781 --> 01:53:01,657
Free me!
1033
01:55:28,804 --> 01:55:30,973
You don't remember me.
1034
01:55:34,810 --> 01:55:35,894
From now on,
1035
01:55:36,478 --> 01:55:38,272
you won't forget anymore.
1036
01:57:36,181 --> 01:57:38,475
Let's not stay there, get in!
1037
01:58:25,606 --> 01:58:28,692
Shante, congratulations. You deserve it.
1038
01:58:45,542 --> 01:58:46,960
Nanisca!
1039
01:59:31,630 --> 01:59:34,967
You have disobeyed your king, Nanisca.
1040
01:59:36,927 --> 01:59:39,304
I renounce my command.
1041
01:59:50,774 --> 01:59:52,317
People of Dahomey,
1042
01:59:54,611 --> 01:59:57,239
we ended the reign
of the Oyo Empire!
1043
02:00:04,705 --> 02:00:07,082
Look at the faces of these warriors.
1044
02:00:07,249 --> 02:00:08,750
Look closely.
1045
02:00:09,376 --> 02:00:11,295
Many didn't believe it.
1046
02:00:12,296 --> 02:00:13,839
But we had faith.
1047
02:00:15,257 --> 02:00:17,301
This is what makes a great leader.
1048
02:00:18,552 --> 02:00:20,846
He sees what no one sees.
1049
02:00:21,388 --> 02:00:27,519
In Europe and the Americas,
they saw that to enslave a people,
1050
02:00:28,896 --> 02:00:32,274
you have to convince him first
that it is in his nature.
1051
02:00:33,817 --> 02:00:37,112
We are our turn
become our own oppressors.
1052
02:00:37,487 --> 02:00:38,614
But it's over.
1053
02:00:41,074 --> 02:00:42,159
It's over.
1054
02:00:44,912 --> 02:00:47,039
We are a people of warriors!
1055
02:00:47,664 --> 02:00:49,625
Powerful in his spirit,
1056
02:00:50,751 --> 02:00:51,877
by its unity,
1057
02:00:52,544 --> 02:00:53,670
by its culture.
1058
02:00:54,713 --> 02:00:57,257
If we become aware
of this power,
1059
02:00:57,341 --> 02:00:59,051
nothing will be impossible for us.
1060
02:01:00,344 --> 02:01:04,640
My people,
it is this vision that drives me.
1061
02:01:06,099 --> 02:01:08,227
And this vision is shared.
1062
02:01:13,774 --> 02:01:15,442
Hero of Dahomey,
1063
02:01:16,777 --> 02:01:19,780
contemplate the brave among the brave,
1064
02:01:20,864 --> 02:01:22,824
chosen by King Ghézo,
1065
02:01:23,242 --> 02:01:26,537
elevated to the sacred rank of Kpojito:
1066
02:01:26,620 --> 02:01:29,289
Nanisca, the Woman-King.
1067
02:02:23,969 --> 02:02:27,097
An offering, in memory of Izogie.
1068
02:02:27,181 --> 02:02:29,808
She doesn't want this water.
1069
02:02:30,893 --> 02:02:32,394
She wants this.
1070
02:02:49,494 --> 02:02:51,538
In my veins
the blood of a killer flows.
1071
02:02:56,752 --> 02:02:59,213
A man who made you suffer so much.
1072
02:03:04,343 --> 02:03:05,802
I'm sorry.
1073
02:03:15,854 --> 02:03:17,940
You are an Agojié.
1074
02:03:29,910 --> 02:03:31,620
It's me who's sorry.
1075
02:03:33,914 --> 02:03:35,332
I abandoned you.
1076
02:03:39,628 --> 02:03:41,630
I lacked courage.
1077
02:03:45,717 --> 02:03:49,137
But you survived because you belong here.
1078
02:03:58,313 --> 02:04:01,275
What happened to me is not your fault.
1079
02:04:04,152 --> 02:04:05,237
You...
1080
02:04:07,322 --> 02:04:09,658
You're not what made me suffer.
1081
02:04:14,663 --> 02:04:16,373
You are Nawi.
1082
02:04:20,752 --> 02:04:22,713
You are my daughter.
1083
02:04:25,007 --> 02:04:26,508
Excuse me.
1084
02:05:56,932 --> 02:05:58,642
Mother, do you want to dance?
1085
02:09:38,487 --> 02:09:40,531
Blood sisters,
1086
02:09:41,240 --> 02:09:42,533
you fell,
1087
02:09:43,325 --> 02:09:45,702
and now you are rising.
1088
02:09:48,413 --> 02:09:50,040
Dance with us.
1089
02:09:51,083 --> 02:09:52,876
Be with us.
1090
02:09:53,627 --> 02:09:55,420
You live for me...
1091
02:09:56,296 --> 02:09:58,465
and I live for you.
1092
02:10:02,636 --> 02:10:03,804
Izogie.
1093
02:10:05,597 --> 02:10:06,682
Ode.
1094
02:10:08,600 --> 02:10:09,476
Esi.
1095
02:10:10,561 --> 02:10:11,645
Yoshe.
1096
02:10:12,729 --> 02:10:13,897
Alekko.
1097
02:10:14,606 --> 02:10:15,774
Kesia.
1098
02:10:16,942 --> 02:10:18,193
Breonna.
1099
02:14:46,753 --> 02:14:48,755
{\an8}Subtitles translated by:
Emmanuel Menouna Ekani