Street Art: From the streets of Senegal by French artist YZ Yseult

According to historical accounts of the First Franco-Dahomean War, in the 1890s it was the highly trained military women who were chopping off the heads of the French. Sometimes while they slept.

French Street Artist YZ Yseult has begun her own campaign to pay tribute to the fierce female fighters of the 19th Century West African country of Dahomey, who are more commonly referred to as Amazons.

Photo: YZ "Amazone" Senegal. West Africa (photo © YZ).

More information at www.BrooklynStreetArt.com.

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