Who’s driving the #BoycottWomanKing trend on social media in protest of the Viola Davis-starring historical epic that hit theaters today? Perhaps surprisingly, it’s not the same people who dropped ...

Viola Davis pauses at the premiere of "The Woman King" during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. (Chris Pizzello / Invision/Associated Press) Oscar winner Viola Davis has responded to ...

The recently released Hollywood blockbuster The Woman King is a movie loosely based on the Dahomey civilization in West Africa that existed from 1600 to 1900. Starring Viola Davis, the ambition of ...

The on-screen bodyguards are actually inspired by real life tribe of fighters known as the Dahomey Amazons. The on-screen bodyguards are actually inspired by real life tribe of fighters known as the ...

Viola Davis’ highly anticipated film The Woman King premiered over the weekend, but while some fans praised the actress for her stellar on-screen performance, a few critics lit into the film for ...

Leonard Wantchekon is a politics professor. Over the past year, he consulted with the makers of “The Woman King,” the new historical drama about a group of all-female warriors from the West African ...

Chief Hunsu Athanzuku, the leader of Jegba Quarters in Badagry, Lagos State, said yesterday that it was the Dahomey war that led to the creation of Badagry kingdom by his great-grandfather in 1738. He ...

Oscar winner Viola Davis has responded to critics of her latest film, "The Woman King," after they called for a boycott of the movie because it isn't entirely historically accurate. The film follows ...

Oscar winner Viola Davis has responded to critics of her latest film, “The Woman King,” after they called for a boycott of the movie because it isn’t entirely historically accurate. The film follows ...