ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or characteristic of Benin or its people
Benin bronzes
NOUN
- a native or inhabitant of Benin
How To Use Beninese In A Sentence
- Bush was asked by a Beninese reporter whether his visit was "a stunt. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Many Beninese enjoy soft drinks and beer, but these require spare cash.
- This Haitian Vodou praise exclamation was immediately picked up and repeated by all of the Beninese participants as if it had already become part of Benin's Vodun liturgy.
- France, he said, had more Beninese doctors than Benin itself. ANC Daily News Briefing
- Elsewhere, "Adigbedoto" by Gnonnas Pedro glides on reverb-sozzled guitars that seem to owe as much to the Peruvian pop-rock style known as chicha as it does to any Beninese tradition. NPR Topics: News
- Beninese also make a wide range of handmade instruments, from twin drums to small Beninese guitars.
- Earlier today, I spoke to two Beninese men I know here in Cotonou who happen to be from an adjacent village. Boing Boing
- Beninese animism, dance, and music have a long and rich history.
- In Johannesburg, the celebrated Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo also called for reducing the stigma still attached to the disease. ANC Daily News Briefing
- And he's played with a who's-who of big jazz names, not to mention the fantastic African pop star Angelique Kidjo, a fellow Beninese New Yorker. In Lionel Loueke, African Pop Meets Jazz