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Béhanzin
Béhanzin was the last independent king of Dahomey, reigning from 1889 to 1894. He fought two wars against France over its claims to the coast around Porto-Novo and Cotonou, but French forces under General Alfred-Amédée Dodds took Abomey in 1892. He surrendered in 1894 and was exiled to Martinique and later Algeria, where he died. He is honoured as a national hero in Benin.
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