Dorothée Joaquim Lima was a newspaper editor and publisher in

Dahomey The Kingdom of Dahomey () was a West African kingdom located within present-day Benin that existed from approximately 1600 until 1904. Dahomey developed on the Abomey Plateau amongst the Fon people in the early 17th century and became a region ...

who was instrumental in the development of news media in Dahomey during the French colonial era. With Jean Adjovi he edited the influential but short-lived ''

Le Guide du Dahomey ''Le Guide du Dahomey'' was a short-lived but influential newspaper in Dahomey. The paper was published weekly from Cotonou between 1920 and 1922 over 88 issues under the editorship of Dorothée Lima and Jean Adjovi. Its critical tone and regular ...

'' (1920-22). Later, he replaced Jean Adjovi as the editor of ''

La Voix du Dahomey ''La Voix du Dahomey'' was a newspaper that was important in attempting to resist French colonial rule in Dahomey. The paper was published fortnightly between 1927 and the 1950s with an early circulation of only about 2000 but with a much larger rea ...

''. Lima was a Dahomey born, naturalised French citizen who had been educated at a Catholic mission at Porto Novo. He served in the French colonial administration before World War I. He was one of the group of returnees from Brazil who were important in the life of the colony in the early twentieth century. ''Avenue Dorothée Lima'' is named in his honour in

Cotonou Cotonou (; fon, Kútɔ̀nú) is a city in Benin. Its official population count was 679,012 inhabitants in 2012; however, over two million people live in the larger urban area. The urban area continues to expand, notably toward the west. The ci ...

, Benin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lima, Dorothee Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown French newspaper editors 20th-century French newspaper publishers (people)