West Africa sway not only over most of the other kingdoms in Yorubaland, but also over nearby African states, notably the Fon Kingdom of Dahomey in the modern Republic of Benin to the west. The Benin Empire was a pre-colonial empire located in what is now southern Nigeria. Its capital was Edo, now known as Benin City, Edo. It should not be confused with the modern-day country called Benin, formerly called Dahomey. The Benin Empire was "one of the oldest and most highly developed states in the coastal hinterland of West Africa, dating perhaps to the eleventh century CE". The Benin Empire
In Dahomey Homestead refuses to continue to support Punkerton's acts, and the show culminates with a spectacular cakewalk. In other sources, "In Dahomey" is described as following the attempts of two con men (played by Bert Williams and George Walker) charged with recovering a lost heirloom to be flipped for profit. The search for the heirloom crosses paths with a colonized society that looks to settle in Dahomey. The plot of the original source-text differs according to many sources, but all agree there were three primary locales in "In Dahomey": Boston, Gatorville (Florida) and Dahomey. A recovered New York Theatre program printed