Visesegan

Visesegan (died 1912) was one of the Fon kingdom of Dahomey's high officials, in King Glele's government.[1] The Fon kingdom of Dahomey was in what is now southern Benin.[2] Visesegan tried to take power for her protége (and son), Sasse Koka, but was stymied by Behanzin's supporters.[3][4] She schemed to unseat Behanzin and give the nation to white people, with the support of some chiefs, but a person who met with the schemers warned Behanzin.[5] Visesegan and the other schemers were subsequently imprisoned and had all their slaves and goods taken away, and Behanzin justified this by falsely claiming Visesegan had poisoned Glele.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Visesegan". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
  2. ↑ Henry Louis Gates; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  3. ↑ Claire C. Robertson; Martin A. Klein (1983). Women and slavery in Africa. Heinemann. p. 360.
  4. ↑ Edna G. Bay (29 June 2012). Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey. University of Virginia Press. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-0-8139-2386-4.
  5. 1 2 Edna G. Bay (29 June 2012). Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics, and Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey. University of Virginia Press. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-0-8139-2386-4.
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