Case file · Folklore / legend
Ganvié, the village the warriors could not enter
Tofinu tradition says the people founded Ganvié on stilts in Lake Nokoué, Benin, to escape slave raiders of Dahomey, whose religion forbade their warriors from fighting on water.
1700 CE · 6.47, 2.42 · status: legend
The account
Ganvié is now a town of about 20,000 on the lake. It is usually dated to the 17th or 18th century; the year here is approximate.