Present day Benin was the site of Dahomey, a prominent West African kingdom that rose in the 15th century. The territory became a French Colony in 1872 and achieved independence on 1 August 1960, as t

HISTORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN The kingdom of Dahomey: 17th-19th century AD The modern republic of Benin, given that name only in 1975, is the successor to one of west Africa's most interestin