Dahomey

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…

Dahomey won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and has been selected as Senegal’s entry to the 2025 Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category.

This event is organized as part of Languages Week Scotland, with the support of the European Parliament UK