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Dossouye
''Dossouye'' is a sword and sorcery novel by American writer Charles R. Saunders, and published independently in 2008 by Sword & Soul Media via the online press Lulu (company), Lulu. In 2012, Saunders published a sequel ''Dossouye: The Dancers of Mulukau''. Background ''Dossouye'' is a fix-up novel created of the short stories "Agbewe's Sword", "Gimmile's Songs", "Shiminege’s Mask", "Marwe’s Forest", and "Obenga’s Drum", the last previously unpublished. Dossouye herself is a woman warrior inspired by the Dahomey Amazons, real-life female warriors of the West African Dahomey, Kingdom of Dahomey. Her first stories appeared in Jessica Amanda Salmonson's ''Amazons!'' and Marion Zimmer Bradley's ''Sword and Sorceress'', two anthologies designed to increase the number and recognition of female heroes in sword and sorcery fiction. Agbewe's Sword was adapted by Saunders himself in the screenplay of the film Amazons (1986 film), ''Amazons'' (1986). Synopsis Orphaned at a young age, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amazons (1986 Film)
''Amazons'' is a 1986 Argentine-American fantasy adventure film directed by Alejandro Sessa and starring Penelope Reed, Danitza Kingsley, Joseph Whipp, Ty Randolph, and Jacques Arndt. The screenplay was written by Charles R. Saunders, based on his short story ''Agbewe’s Sword'', which first appeared in the 1979 anthology '' Amazons!'' The short story is included as part of the series Dossouye, about the real-life female warriors of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey, gathered together in a novel published by Saunders in 2008. Plot ''Amazons'' is an epic story that follows a legendary tribe of warrior women from a mythical time. Cast * Mindi Miller ... Dyala (as Windsor Taylor Randolph) * Penelope Reed ... Tashi * Joseph Whipp Joseph Whipp (born July 12, 1941) is an American actor who has starred in many films and starred on television. He is known for playing police officers in films and on television. Career Whipp taught drama at Carlmont High School in the 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |