They’d take no husband

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I knew that with The Woman King I was in good hands. The movie, which debuts in theaters this Friday, September 16, and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), is directed by The Old Guard and Love & Basketball director Gina Prince-Bythewood. It’s written by Dana Stevens (City of Angels), who created the story alongside actress Maria Bello. And it stars not only Academy Award-winner and powerhouse Viola Davis but also Thuso Mbedu (The Underground Railroad), Lashana Lynch (No Time to Die).


Sheila Atim (The Underground Railroad) and John Boyega (Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens).The film, which Taiwan WhatsApp Number is inspired by true events, is set in 1823 and tells the story of the Agojie, an elite force of African women soldiers who served the Kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Benin). They got paid and their opinions were heard. They were accepted into the fray of the found family and sisterhood that was the Agojie in exchange for their services protecting their homeland.







They’d take no husband and bear no children. With her deftness at combining action, suspense but also tenderness and even romance, Prince-Bythewood kicks off the film by showing us the fierceness of these warriors as they take a rival camp at night, offering no mercy. Prince-Bythewood doesn’t shy away from the painful consequences of war throughout the movie. Even if the Europeans call them the “bloodiest bitches in Africa”, the Agojie warriors are regular women — though they are highly skilled ones who have endured arduous training.