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Mahi people

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Ethnic group in Benin

TheMahi are a people ofBenin. They live north ofAbomey, from the Togo border on the west to theZou River on the east, and south toCové between the Zou andOuemé rivers, north of theDassa hills.^{[clarification needed]}

The Mahi identity was formed in the 16th century as a result of the expansionism of theKingdom of Dahomy. Small clans of different cultures who lived in the corridor betweenOuemé river and Dassa hills, unified to resist attacks from Dahomy, and the Mahi people were formed.^[1]

The Mahi established their own kingdom,Fitta, toward the end of the 18th century, and were a target of the slave trade before French colonization at the end of the 19th century.^[2]^[3] Because of the slave-trade to the Americas, Mahi influence can be found inAfro-Brazilian religions.^[4]^[5]

References

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^Tô-vi (2020-11-01)."LES ORIGINES DU PEUPLE MAHI DANS L'OUEST DU BENIN".Auletch Benin (in French). Retrieved2023-12-08.
^Anignikin, Sylvain C. (2001-01-01)."Histoire des populations mahi".Cahiers d'études africaines.41 (162):243–266.doi:10.4000/etudesafricaines.86.ISSN 0008-0055.
^Pierre-Yves Le Meur, « »,Development and Change,no 37, 2006 (DOI 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00505.x.)
^Castro, Yeda Pessoa de (2002).A lingua mina-jeje no Brasil: um falar africano em Ouro Preto do seculo XVIII. Coleção Mineiriana Série clássicos. Belo Horizonte: Fundaçáo João Pinheiro.ISBN 978-85-85930-45-5.
^Verger, Pierre (1999).Notas sobre o culto aos orixás e voduns na Bahia de Todos os Santos, no Brasil, e na antiga costa dos escravos, na África. São Paulo: EDUSP.ISBN 978-85-314-0475-7.

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Fage, J. D.; Gray, Richard; Oliver, Roland Anthony (1975).The Cambridge History of Africa. Vol. 4.ISBN 9780521204132.
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