Today, we'll revisit how, in 1861, the city of Porto Novo, in today's Benin 🇧🇯, was invaded by the British and destroyed, just because King Sodji refused to surrender his territory and sign away his land when they came to negotiate, with over 1000 citizens massacred, and…

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