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- Hwanjile (r. 1740–1774) was a high priest and kpojito ("reign mate") of the African Kingdom of Dahomey, in what is now Benin. Hwanjile was an Aja woman...4 KB (586 words) - 15:12, 8 June 2023
a brother. Oral traditions hold that Tegbesu was the son of Agaja and Hwanjile, a woman reported to have brought Vodun to the kingdom. King Agaja had...6 KB (688 words) - 21:45, 19 June 2023- skill as a priestess to the vodun (gods). The most famous kpojito was Hwanjile, who reigned with King Tegbesu in the mid-eighteenth century. Bay, Edna...3 KB (233 words) - 23:43, 10 March 2024
mother of the leopard with Hwanjile in that role. The kpojito became a prominently important person in Dahomey royalty. Hwanjile, in particular, is said...76 KB (9,284 words) - 19:48, 21 June 2024
before him in capital cases. A prominent holder of this title was Queen Hwanjile. Today the kpojito still holds a position of influence within the kingdom's...27 KB (3,083 words) - 13:13, 10 April 2024
- preexisting animist traditions with vodun practices. Oral history recounted that Hwanjile, a wife of Agaja brought the vodun to the kingdom and ensured its spread