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Furthermore, the narrative portraying the Dahomey as champions fighting against colonial oppressors ignores a crucial and often overlooked part of history: they traded enslaved Africans with European colonists and chronicled their involvement in the brutal Atlantic slave trade. Some critics allege that the film's depiction simplifies or overlooks these atrocities, instead framing the Dahomey as victims or heroes solely fighting imperialists.