Editing Ghezo (section)

==In popular culture==
Ghezo is featured in the novel ''[[Flash for Freedom!]]'' by [[George MacDonald Fraser]], as well as in [[Frank Yerby]]'s 1971 novel, ''The Dahomean.'' He is also mentioned in the historical novel ''[[Segu (novel)|Segu]]'' by [[Maryse Condé]], which notes the prophecy that he would die of smallpox. King Gezo is mentioned in Anni Domingo’s 2021 novel ''Breaking the Maafa Chain'', in which the Royal Navy rescues a young slave from sacrifice in his kingdom. In the 1957 film ''[[Band of Angels]]'', former slave trader Hamish Bond ([[Clark Gable]]) tells stories about Ghezo's exploits, referring to the origins of the slave trade in Dahomey.

Today, a major [[Benin Armed Forces]] base in Cotonou is named 'Camp Ghezo' after the former king.

Actor [[John Boyega]] portrays a fictionalized Ghezo in the 2022 American historical epic film ''[[The Woman King]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-boyega-cast-viola-davis-the-woman-king-1235017535/|title=John Boyega Joins Viola Davis in Historical Drama ''The Woman King'' (Exclusive)|date=September 21, 2021|first=Borys|last=Kit|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921223135/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-boyega-cast-viola-davis-the-woman-king-1235017535/|archive-date=September 21, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=December 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/sony-dates-tristar-viola-davis-pic-the-woman-king-moves-affirms-george-foreman-biopic-to-2023-1234869067/|title=Sony Dates TriStar Viola Davis Pic ''The Woman King''; Moves Affirm's George Foreman Biopic To 2023|date=November 5, 2021|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=November 5, 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109203410/https://deadline.com/2021/11/sony-dates-tristar-viola-davis-pic-the-woman-king-moves-affirms-george-foreman-biopic-to-2023-1234869067/|archive-date=November 9, 2021}}</ref>