Gbekó

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  • Gbekó was a kingdom that was thought to be invincible (like some Americans think of the U.S. today.) The Dahomeans, however, defeated its forces.
  • This is an excerpt from a Dahomean burial song of King Agongolo:

He who has money
And hoards all for the future
Of him I do not think well.
Remember that Gbekó, too, was destroyed.

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