The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey Ennis B. Edmonds They teach us the fundamental

They teach us the fundamental importance of everyday human destiny and earthly life--not just for humanity

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The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey Ennis B. Edmonds They teach us the fundamentalFrom the 1720s to the 1940s, parents in the kingdom and later colony of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) developed and sustained the common practice of girl fostering, or "entrusting." Transferring their daughters at a young age into foster homes, Dahomeans created complex relationships of mutual obligation, kinship, and caregiving that also exploited girls' labor for the economic benefit of the women who acted as their social mothers. Drawing upon