yoaver OP t1_j29tvs3 wrote
Reply to comment by Sexmascheen in Which "based on a true story" films butchered the true story the worst? by yoaver
Yeah, I mean, why of all african history would you choose to depict the most prominent slaver nation?
There's a good chance that for many of the actors in the film, their ancestors were enslaved and sold to slavery by the Dahomey. They were the villains.
mothman83 t1_j29ufbi wrote
in this particular case i would have assumed it was pretty obvious that it was because they liked the idea of an elite all women special forces.
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Which was a real thing. But again, they were not good.
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I mean we all liked the fictionalized version of the idea in Black Panther so why not work with the real version... oh cause they enslaved their neighbors and sold them off to the triangle trade? yeah that would be a good reason not to...
kyrtuck t1_j29ugys wrote
Practically all the African kingdoms did some slavery well before Europeans visited.
Rottimer t1_j29x8av wrote
True, but for most of history slavery was very different to the race based chattel slavery practiced in the new world. Even slaves in the Muslim world were often not slaves for their entire lives and their children weren’t automatically slaves.
kyrtuck t1_j2a5ra5 wrote
Palace slaves in Muslim countries got castrated.
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