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Culture: Benin

Includes performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, folklore.

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 African & Middle Eastern Division,
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Afromix: Benin (http://www.afromix.org/disco/pays/benin/index.en.html)
Information about Beninois bands and artists.

Archives nationales du Bénin (http://www.unesco.org/webworld/archives/benin/anb.htm)
In French. Describes the collections, publications, a photo exhibition of contemporary Benin, 1962 photographs.

Benin Contact (http://www.bj.refer.org)
In French. Extensive information on Benin.

Bienvenue sur Beninensis (http://www.beninensis.net)
In French. This site was provides a wealth of information on history, geography, politics, economy, education, health etc.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.

Musée Historique d'Abomey (http://epa-prema.net/abomey)
In French and English. Includes a history of kingdoms and kings in Dahomey(Benin), their geneaology, the museum collections, architecture, a bibliography, and history of the famous appliques cloth.

Speak Fon/Fongbe (http://WWW.Geocities.com/fon%5Fis%5Ffun)
Designed to teach Fon or Fonghe the predominant language of southern Benin. It has maps with the names of towns in Benin, Togo and Niger.

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