https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK5V_OmYPWs

THE AMAZONS OF DAHOMEY - GREATEST WOMEN FIGHTERS OF ALL TIME
In celebration of International Women's Day : The Dahomey Amazons or Mino were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the present-day Republic of Benin which lasted until the end of the 19th century. They were so named by Western observers and historians due to their similarity to the semi-mythical Amazons of ancient Anatolia and the Black Sea.

What's unique about them was their discipline and effectiveness - also their fierceness in battle .

They were TOUGH ! and conquered many during the West African slave wars. Abeokuta and Yorubaland were arch enemies of Dahomey and these Mino almost took Abeokuta twice