Beninese literature had a strong oral tradition long before French became the dominant language. Felix Couchoro wrote the first Beninese novel.
The economy of Benin is dependent on subsistence agriculture, cotton production, and regional trade. Cotton accounts for 40 percent of GDP and roughly 80 percent of official export receipts
Benin, a French-speaking West African country, is an origination of the vodun (or "voodoo") religion and home to the previous Dahomey Kingdom. In Abomey, Dahomey's previous capital.
Benin is a developing country in West Africa. Its political capital is Porto Novo; however, its administrative capital, Cotonou, is Benin's largest city and the site of most government, commercial, and tourist activity.Benin has seen economic growth over the past few years and is one of Africa's largest cotton producers, it ranks among the world's poorest countries.
Benin comprises of five characteristic districts. The beach front locale is low, level, and sandy, supported by tidal swamps and tidal ponds. It is made out of, in actuality, a long sandbar on which develop bunches of coconut palms; the tidal ponds are smaller in the western piece of the nation,
The official language of Benin is French. However, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken. The largest religious group in Benin is Roman Catholicism, followed closely by Islam, Vodun and Protestantism. Benin is a member of the United Nations, the African Union, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie, the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, the African Petroleum Producers Association and the Niger Basin Authority
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