''Le Guide du Dahomey'' was a short-lived but influential newspaper 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 ...
. The paper was published weekly from
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 ...
between 1920 and 1922 over 88 issues under the editorship of
Dorothée Lima and
Jean Adjovi. Its critical tone and regular production paved the way for the expansion of Dahomean media from the 1920s onwards.
See also
*''
La Voix du Dahomey''
*
List of newspapers in Benin
This is an incomplete list of newspapers published in colonial Dahomey and modern Benin, ordered by date of establishment (where known).
Colonial era
*''L'Echo du Dahomey'' - established 1905
*'' Recadaire de Behanzin'' - established 1915
*'' L ...
References
Defunct weekly newspapers
French West Africa
French-language newspapers published in Africa
Newspapers published in Benin
Newspapers established in 1920
Publications disestablished in 1922
Newspapers disestablished in the 1920s
Defunct French-language newspapers
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