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Twisted History

New York magazine|September 26 - October 09, 2022
The Woman King ties itself in knots trying to tell the damning story of Dahomey.
Twisted History

THE AGOJIE HAVE long captured the imagination of pop culture, understandably. Who could resist the idea of an all-female regiment, tough and formidable, fighting on behalf of the West African kingdom of Dahomey for three centuries? The Agojie, or variations on them, have turned up in novels, plays, and video games; in a Werner Herzog movie and the TV series Lovecraft Country; and, most notably, as an inspiration for the Dora Milaje in Black Panther, those imposing and wildly cool guardians of the fictional country of Wakanda. They lend themselves especially well to an Afrofuturist vision, these warriors seemingly out of time or at least in defiance of time's tendency to bend toward patriarchy. Even The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood's rousing new period epic set in the 19th century, can't help but amend the record in a wistfully Tarantino-esque act of alternate history. Its version of the Agojie, led by a brawny Viola Davis as General Nanisca, takes up arms not just against the rival Oyo Empire and the Mahi people the Oyo are aligned with but against the Europeans who have been buying captives from all of them and finally against the slave trade itself.

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この記事は New York magazine の September 26 - October 09, 2022 版に掲載されています。

7 日間の Magzter GOLD 無料トライアルを開始して、何千もの厳選されたプレミアム ストーリー、9,500 以上の雑誌や新聞にアクセスしてください。

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