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Eweka I's emphasis on the importance of rulers educated in Benin culture and traditions was a defining aspect of his legacy. [43] His father's decision to renounce his own claim to the throne, citing the cultural gap between him and the people, reinforced the idea that only someone deeply rooted in the customs and heritage of Benin could ...
Uwakhuahen was the second Oba of the Kingdom of Benin, reigning from 1235 AD to 1243 AD.He was the son of Eweka I, the initiator of the Oba dynasty and the inaugural ruler to bear the title Oba.
It also traces the development of the Benin kingship institution, from the Ogiso dynasty to the Oranmiyan interregnum to the Eweka dynasty. [16] The book outlines the founding and expansion of Benin City, the capital of the Benin Empire, by Oba Ewedo and Oba Eweka I. It also explains the inception and functions of some of the important titles ...
Aiguobasinwin Ovonramwen, Eweka II (died February 1933) was the thirty-sixth Oba of Benin, reigning from 1914 to 1933. He was the son of Ovonramwen (ruled 1888–1897), who was deposed by the British and exiled to Calabar following the British punitive expedition in Benin City in 1897.
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Ewedo was born by a woman who was said to be the wife of a chief in Benin Kingdom. [7] She was impregnated by Ehenmihen, the son of Oba Eweka I. [8] To avoid trouble with the chief, she was sold as a slave to an Ilaje man from Ugho-Mahin, who freed her when he discovered that she was pregnant. [9]
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Belgium will in January become the first European Union country to ban sales of disposable vapes because of concerns about their use among children and the environmental damage they can cause. The ...