Mahi people explained

The Mahi are a people of Benin. They live north of Abomey, from the Togo border on the west to the Zou River on the east, and south to Cové between the Zou and Ouemé rivers, north of the Dassa hills.

The Mahi identity was formed in the 16th century as a result of the expansionism of the Kingdom of Dahomy. Small clans of different cultures who lived in the corridor between Ouemé 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 in Afro-Brazilian religions.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• Rulers of the Mahi state of Fitta
• Rulers of the Mahi state of Savalu

Sources

• Book: African Kingdoms: An Encyclopedia of Empires and Civilizations . Saheed . Aderinto . 188 . 2017 . 9781610695794.
• Book: Castro, Yeda Pessoa de. A língua mina-jeje no Brasil: um falar africano em Ouro Preto do século XVIII. 2004. Sistema Estadual de Planejamento. 8585930454. pt.
• Book: Fage. J. D.. Gray. Richard. Oliver. Roland Anthony. The Cambridge History of Africa. 4. 9780521204132. 1975.
• Book: Verger, Pierre. Notas sobre o culto aos orixás e voduns na Bahia de Todos os Santos, no Brasil, e na antiga costa dos escravos, na África. 1999. EdUSP. 8531404754. pt.
• Book: Yi, J. F. Ade Aja. História Geral da África – Vol. VI – África do século XIX à década de 1880. 2010. UNESCO. 978-8576521280.
• Book: Fadaïro, Dominique . PARLONS FON: Langue et culture du Bénin . 2001 . L'Harmattan. 2747515915. fr .
• Book: Parés, Luis Nicolau. O rei, o pai e a morte: A religião vodum na antiga Costa dos Escravos na África Ocidental . 2016 . Companhia das Letras . 9788543806372. pt .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tô-vi . 2020-11-01 . LES ORIGINES DU PEUPLE MAHI DANS L'OUEST DU BENIN . 2023-12-08 . Auletch Benin . fr.
2. Anignikin . Sylvain C. . 2001-01-01 . Histoire des populations mahi . Cahiers d'études africaines . 41 . 162 . 243–266 . 10.4000/etudesafricaines.86 . 0008-0055. free .
3. Pierre-Yves Le Meur, «  », Development and Change, no 37, 2006 (DOI 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00505.x.)
4. Book: Castro, Yeda Pessoa de . A lingua mina-jeje no Brasil: um falar africano em Ouro Preto do seculo XVIII . 2002 . Fundaçáo João Pinheiro . 978-85-85930-45-5 . Coleção Mineiriana Série clássicos . Belo Horizonte.
5. Book: Verger, Pierre . Notas sobre o culto aos orixás e voduns na Bahia de Todos os Santos, no Brasil, e na antiga costa dos escravos, na África . 1999 . EDUSP . 978-85-314-0475-7 . São Paulo.