Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Sample

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Leaving Dahomey

By: Jude Shaw
Narrated by: Dini Steyn
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £14.99

Buy Now for £14.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Leaving Dahomey is set in 1840 in the ancient West Afrikan Kingdom of Dahomey. Our story centers around the people in their everyday lives and occupations, the applique workers, the calabash makers, pottery makers, storytellers, makers of verse, the needleworkers/designers, the smiths, and the cultivators. The story follows a year in the life of a 15-year-old hammock-borne, Adeoha, and her connection to a Vodun prophecy of a magical oracle that will appear in time.

©2017 Robert Harvey (P)2022 Robert Harvey
activate_samplebutton_t1

Listeners also enjoyed...

On Blue’s Waters cover art
The Rise of the Maccabees cover art
Fresh Floods cover art
The Banished Immortal cover art
The Cat of Bubastes cover art
Japanese Mythology cover art
A Prince of Troy cover art
A Thing of Beauty cover art
A Way in the World cover art
The Promise cover art
Storytime with Robert: Robert A. Johnson Tells His Favorite Stories and Myths cover art
Mary Magdalene's Legacy cover art
Tales of the Dervishes cover art
Mesoamerican Mythology cover art
Native American Wisdom cover art
Sumerian Mythology: Fascinating Myths and Legends of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes and Monster from the Ancient Mesopotamian Sumerian Mythology cover art

What listeners say about Leaving Dahomey

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.