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Basics

Björn Kumm's Note

CIA World Factbook. Includes map.

Library of Congress Country Profile.

New Internationalist Profile

UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators

World Guide

World Guide (Montevideo).

On the Web: Articles

On the Web: Specialized Sites

Countrywatch: Benin.

WWW Virtual Library.

In the Library: Articles

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Allen, Christopher. Democratic Renewal in Africa: Two Essays on Benin (Edinburgh: U. Edinburgh, 1994).

Bay, Edna G. Wives of the Leopard: Gender, Politics & Culture in the Kingdom of Dahomey (Charlottesville: U. Virginia, 1998).

Heilbrunn, John R. Markets, Profits, & Power: The Politics of Business in Benin & Togo (Bordeaux: Université Montesquieu, 1996).

Houngnikpo, Mathurin C. Determinants of Democratization in Africa: A Comparative Study of Benin & Togo (Lanham MD: University Press of America, 2001).

Ronen, Dov. Dahomey: Between Tradition & Modernity (Ithaca: Cornell, 1975).

In the Library: Fiction

Hazoumé, Paul. Doguicimi: The First Dahomean Novel (1937) (trans.Richard Bjornson; Washington: Three Continents, 1990).

In the Library: For Young Readers

In the Library: Poetry

In the Library: Drama

In the Library: Photography

CD & Audio

Film & Video

"Hopes on the Horizon" [2001], dir. Onyekachi Wambu, 115. From U. California Extension Center for Media & Independent Learning. Explores transition to democracy in Benin, & five other African countries.



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