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Her name was Ella Abomah Williams

Summary by Leila World Blog
This photograph was taken in 1900. The woman in front wasn’t a nanny or a maid — she was one of the personal bodyguards of the King of Dahomey, an ancient West African kingdom (modern-day Benin) famed for its fierce female warriors: the Dahomey Amazons.Standing over 2.5 meters tall, according to reports of the time, she was said to lift a grown man with one arm and possessed strength and endurance that bordered on mythical. Her skill in combat w…
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Leila World Blog broke the news in on Friday, May 23, 2025.
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