Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, also called Overami, was the thirty-fifth Ọba of the Kingdom of Benin reigning from c. 1888 AD – c. 1897 AD, up until the British...
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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)...
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of Benin, sacking and burning the city while forcing the Oba of Benin, Ovonramwen, into a six-month exile. The expeditionary force consisted of both indigenous...
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Lionel Galway (1859–1949) tried to negotiate a trade agreement with Oba Ovọnramwẹn Nọgbaisi (1888–1914) to allow for the free passage of goods through his...
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Benin City Ring Road (redirect from Oba Ovonramwen Square)
Benin City Ring Road also referred to as Kings Square or Oba Ovonramwen Square is a circular road in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, Nigeria. It...
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published as Kurunmi, 1971), written for the second Ife Festival of Arts; Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (produced 1971; published 1974), about the last ruler of the...
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Agho Obaseki (section Ovonramwen's ascendancy, Agho's trading growth, and award of the Obaseki title)
during the interregnum (1897-1914) as Head of Administration when Oba Ovonramwen was exiled. Agho was the last of his father, Ogbeide's children. Ogbeide...
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it would also set in motion the events to come that would lead to Oba Ovonramwen's fall from power.[citation needed] In the late 19th century, the Kingdom...
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two coral crowns and coral bead garment, thought to have belonged to Ovonramwen, were returned to him in the late 1930s by G.M. Miller a son of a member...
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war chief in the Kingdom of Benin who served as the sword bearer to Oba Ovonramwen (the Oba of Benin) during the 1897 British expedition to Benin. He participated...
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found in a large chest in 1897 in the bedchamber of the then-reigning Oba Ovonramwen, the ruler at the Benin court. They were taken at a time of great civil...
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Okada, Okada Grammar School I; Okada, Okada Grammar School II; Iguomo, Ovonramwen Primary School Ovia North East Okada East Ugbokun, Ugbokun Primary School;...
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Oba (1816) Osemwende, Oba (1816–1848) Adolo, Oba (1848–1897) See also Ovonramwen Dahomey (Dahomey kings, French presidents) – Vassal of the Oyo Empire...
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Gbadebo III, Alake of Egbaland Fusika Adedapo Adeduro, Osemawe of Ondo Ovonramwen, Oba of Benin and his wives Queen Egbe (on the left) and Queen Aighobahi...
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(1895) Kingdom of Benin (complete list) – Adolo, Oba (1848–1897) See also Ovonramwen Kingdom of Dahomey (Dahomey kings) (French presidents) – Ghezo, King (1818–1858)...
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works are historical plays. Prominent among these are: The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen, Attahiru, Ameh Oboni the Great, The Angel, The Twist, Uncle Venyil, The...
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called King’s Square by the people of Benin, but it was changed to Oba Ovonramwen Square by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole during his tenure as a governor of...
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of the 15th-century Benin ivory mask (the mask itself was last worn by Ovonramwen, a Benin king dethroned in 1897 by the Consul General of the Niger Coast...
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R. Phillips, a larger retaliatory force captured Benin City and drove Ovonramwen, the Oba of Benin, into exile. The British had difficulty conquering Igboland...
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north east of England. Diplomat Henry Galway secures a treaty by which Ovonramwen, Oba of Benin, ostensibly accepts British protection for his kingdom....
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III Queen of Madagascar Madagascar 1897–1907† Réunion French Algeria Ovonramwen King of Benin Benin 1897–1914† British Southern Nigeria Manuel Barillas...
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historians have increasingly understood the expedition to depose Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (Overami) who had acceded to the throne in 1888, not as a retaliation...
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Phillips. The 1897 British military campaign sent the reigning king, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, into exile and many chiefs of the kingdom surrendered or were...
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Imasuen has plans to commence filming an epic movie titled Nogbaisi Ovonramwen in 2013. It will be about the last Oba of Benin. In 2008, a Canadian documentary...
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proud Oba Akenzua II displaying the royal regalia of his grandfather, Ovonramwen, that was returned by the British to Benin in 1938. Alonge's photography...
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Ovonramwen, the Oba of Benin, photographed by Green on board the Niger Coast Protectorate SY Ivy, while the Oba was on his way to exile in 1897...
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Blackmun, Barbara Winston (1997b). "Continuity and Change: The Ivories of Ovonramwen and Eweka II". African Arts. 30 (3). UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies...
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18 – Benin is put to the torch by the British Army's Benin Expedition. Ovonramwen, Oba of Benin, is exiled from his kingdom and the Benin Bronzes are carried...
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2019". Armor of Dogon hunter Serigne Babacar Sy's babouches Sculpture of Ovonramwen being exiled "Le Sénégal souhaite la restitution de « toutes » ses œuvres...
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This episode is referred to as the Punitive Expedition of 1897. Oba Ovonramwen, who was crowned in 1888 as the thirty-fifth ruler in his lineage, was...
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