BENIN
(Formerly called Dahomey)
(See also Gun [Language])
beetles remove weeds from lakes: g04 5/8 29
description: yb97 68
Ganvié, village on stilts: yb97 68; g96 9/22 31
government: g 3/09 13
languages: jv 483
map: g 5/11 22
name: g 3/09 13
population:
demography: jv 483
religion: yb97 69-70; jv 483
voodoo: yb97 69; g96 11/8 29
slave trade (17th to 19th century): g 5/11 22-24
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies: yb97 72; yb91 47-48
ban (1976-1990): kr 93; g 3/09 13-14; yb97 67-68, 106, 114-117; jv 696, 701; w92 11/1 24; yb92 14-15; yb91 46; km 6/90 8
Branch Committee: yb97 99-101, 108, 123
branch office: jv 385
Abomey-Calavi (2000): yb01 27, 29
Cotonou (1966): yb97 90
Cotonou (1969): g 3/09 13; yb97 67, 92, 101-106
Cotonou (1990): yb97 117-118; yb91 47
lands overseen by: w14 1/15 3
oversees Burkina Faso (2011- ): w18.08 17; yb13 13; yb12 32-33
oversees Togo (2011- ): yb13 13
circuit overseers: g 3/09 12-13; yb97 85
circuit work: yb97 107-108, 117
clergy opposition: yb97 70; jv 484
attempt to disrupt meetings: yb97 73
incite authorities: yb97 75
juju priest with Catholic priest: yb97 81; jv 668
commendation:
rescue of men trapped under cement bags: g00 11/8 31
use of funds for Kingdom Hall: yb03 56-57
congregations: yb97 72-73
conventions: yb97 72, 90; jv 385
grounds: yb97 118-120
wedding receptions: yb97 108
early witnessing: yb97 70-71; jv 433, 483-484
fetish chief fails to kill Witness by witchcraft: yb97 73-75; jv 484
field ministry: yb97 118-119
in prison: yb97 82-83
growth: g 3/09 14; yb97 71-72, 78, 82, 94, 122; jv 484
honesty: yb97 92-94
Kingdom Halls: w02 5/15 10-11; yb02 17; km 9/02 4-5; yb01 24-25; yb97 117, 119; yb91 46-47
legal recognition:
granted (1966): yb97 91; jv 696
granted (1990): jv 696; yb91 46-47
granted as religion (2000): yb01 21
refused (1948): yb97 71
literacy classes: yb97 80-81; jv 480
marriages legalized: yb97 91-92
announcing end of ban: yb97 114-117
Memorial: yb98 8; yb97 75, 78, 119, 122; yb96 9; w95 1/1 17; yb94 63
missionaries: w12 12/1 22-23; yb10 43-44; yb97 67, 89-90, 94, 97-106, 120-121; jv 510, 541; yb91 46
modern history: yb97 66-123
persecution: g 3/09 13; yb97 75-78, 86-87, 94-107, 111; jv 484
arrests: yb97 94-97
deportation: yb97 67, 70, 97, 99, 103-106, 120
imprisonment: yb97 110-111
persons:
Adomahou, Germain: yb97 85-87
Afeniyi, Daniel: yb97 70, 77-78
Akinocho, Moïse: yb97 70
Akintoundé, Nouru: yb97 71-72, 75-76; jv 483-484
Alandinkpovi, Kpoyè: yb97 76
Awhanto, Pierre: yb97 111-115
Carbonneau, Louis: yb97 90
Danyleyko, Maxim and Happy: w18.08 17
Elegbe, Zacharie: kr 93; yb97 108, 123
Fagbohoun, Silas: yb97 87-89
Honsberger, Tab: yb97 120-121, 123
Houénou, Sourou: yb97 72-74
Hounye, Sourou: yb97 123
Idowu, Theophilus: yb97 85, 104-105
Kodo, Maurice: yb97 109-111
Königer, Margarita: yb97 101, 106; jv 541
Muller, Babette: w96 3/1 23, 26-27
Muller, Michel: w96 3/1 23, 26-27
Ogoudina, Dogbo-Tindé: yb97 73-75
Ogungbe, Samuel: yb97 78-80
Prosser, Carlos: yb97 90, 97-106
Prosser, Mary: yb97 90, 102-103
Robbins, Keith: yb97 89-90
Worou, Pierre: g 3/09 12-15
Yanada, Brother: yb97 70
pioneers: yb97 71, 77-78, 119; jv 483-484; w92 11/1 24-25
becomes teacher with help from Awake!: g 9/08 11
special pioneers: yb97 119; yb93 42
places:
Abomey: yb97 86-87, 90
Calavi: yb97 109-111, 118-120
Cotonou: yb97 71-75, 88, 90, 92, 96-97, 114-117; jv 701
Hétin: w16.02 2; yb97 91-92, 95, 108
Lokogbo: yb97 71-72
Porto-Novo: yb97 70, 72-75, 85
Tanguiéta: w14 1/15 4
publications:
book “Let God Be True”: yb97 76, 84, 87-88
book “The Truth Shall Make You Free”: yb97 86
Gun language: yb97 83-84
magazine The Watchtower: yb97 76, 84
under ban: yb97 76, 108-109; jv 484
service experiences: yb97 122-123; yb93 42; w92 11/1 24-25
abortion prevented: yb12 57-58
Bible study accepted after Witness learns to read: jv 480
church board member risks death: yb97 78-80
deaf field: w12 12/1 22-23
founder of Ayi-Wiwé church accepts truth: yb97 111-114
idol worshipper: w11 7/1 11-12
literature display: yb10 43-44
man whose sons mysteriously died: w09 1/1 11, 13
motorcycle witnessing: yb16 46-47
pastor and family: yb08 43-44
polygamists change to become Witnesses: w11 8/1 18-19; yb97 72-73, 85-87; jv 176
polygamist’s wife moves out: yb96 43-44
prominent polygamous Methodists: yb97 87-89
Witness student rebounds from ridicule: yb06 48
serving where need is greater: w14 1/15 4-6
translators: w09 11/1 24
visits by—
Brown, William R. (Bible): yb97 72
Lösch, G.: yb01 29
youths:
student opts for field service over tutoring: w05 6/15 29