Set in the 19th century, it tells the store of the all-female Agojie warrior unit that was tasked with protecting the West African kingdom known as Dahomey.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/movies-women-directors/

That is the powerful war cry of the Agojie, an all-woman unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states on the continent in the 18th and 19th centuries as told by 2022 film, The Woman King.

Source: https://themediaonline.co.za/2023/03/an-african-renaissance-of-paramount-importance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-african-renaissance-of-paramount-importance

What Happened to Dahomey?

Source: https://collider.com/the-woman-king-true-story-explained/