The EBEN (ABEERE) serves as the symbol of authority, brought by the founders of Oto, and grants the Oba power over life and death. This account lends credibility to our history and solidifies the town's rich historical and cultural heritage.
Chief Ebohon, the Ezumogho of Benin Kingdom, a warlord and younger brother to chief Ologbose'e Irabor, a Benin warlord and patriot who led a two year guerilla warfare against the British occupiers in Benin, post_1897 invasion.
He was eventually caught and was hanged by the British officers,c.1899, as a judgment for defending his father's land.
I know say some people still dey vex because the Great Oba stood against human trafficking and the exploitation of our girls. 😂
That business no be business again… some pockets never recover since that year. 😂😂
Oba Ghato Kpere👏🐆👑
The Original names of roads or districts in Benin city that are pronounced awfully wrong by Edo populace.
It’s not sapele rd, forestry rd, Airport rd or Mission rd these areas have indigeneous names before colonization.
In December 1633, a Dutch ship arrived on the Gold Coast carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth to exchange for gold.
The interesting part is where the cloth came from.
Not India. Not Europe.
Benin.
By the middle of the 17th century, Benin cloth exports had grown to more than 16,000 pieces a year, even as prices quadrupled. The trade became so lucrative that African mariners sailed directly to Benin to buy the cloth themselves, cutting out European middlemen.
So please, let us stop pretending trade and enterprise were foreign to Africa.
The Most Embarrassing History Lesson I've Heard This Year
Confidence is not evidence.
When someone sends Bartolomeu Dias to Nigeria before he was even born, and then moves Ferdinand of Aragon into Portugal, you're no longer listening to history. You're listening to fiction disguised as facts from the 'Egbereturu' Kingdom.
Always verify claims, no matter who makes them. History belongs to evidence, not volume.
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