the novel Flash for Freedom! by George MacDonald Fraser. He is also mentioned in the historical novel Segu by Maryse Condé, which notes the prophecy that he would die of smallpox. In the 1957 film Band of Angels, former slave trader Hamish Bond (Clark Gable) tells stories about Ghezo's exploits, referring to the origins of the slave trade in Dahomey. Today, a major Benin Armed Forces base in Cotonou is named 'Camp Ghezo' after the former king. Actor John Boyega portrays a fictionalized Ghezo in the 2022 American historical epic film The Woman King. See also Sara Forbes Bonetta History of the Kingdom of Dahomey References External links Dahomey and the Dahomans: Being the Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey, and Residence at His Capital, in the Year 1849 and 1850 features accounts of conversations with Ghezo Kings of Dahomey African slave traders African slave owners Year of birth unknown 1858 deaths Assassinated heads of state 19th-century monarchs in Africa 19th century in the Kingdom of Dahomey Usurpers