The yovogan (or yovoghan, yévogan) was a minister or high dignitary of the Kingdom of Dahomey (in the southwest of present-day Benin), charged with the supervision of commerce in Ouidah, particularly that of slaves, and of relations with European traders.
The yovogan (or yovoghan, yévogan) was a minister or high dignitary of the Kingdom of Dahomey (in the southwest of present-day Benin), charged with the supervision of commerce in Ouidah, particularly that of slaves, and of relations with European traders.
In Fon, yovo means "white" or "European" and gan designates "leader" or "chief". Therefore, yovogan directly translates as "leader of the whites " but equates in modern terms to "Minister of European Affairs".
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