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...

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...

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)...

he would marry Prince Idugbowa's (Ovonramwen) daughter, Arokun. He named his grandson Usuanlele, born for Ovonramwen by Arokun. Oba Adolo, seeing the names...

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...

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...

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...

published as Kurunmi, 1971), written for the second Ife Festival of Arts; Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (produced 1971; published 1974), about the last ruler of the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Okada, Okada Grammar School I; Okada, Okada Grammar School II; Iguomo, Ovonramwen Primary School Ovia North East Okada East Ugbokun, Ugbokun Primary School;...

Oba (1816) Osemwende, Oba (1816–1848) Adolo, Oba (1848–1897) See also Ovonramwen Dahomey (Dahomey kings, French presidents) – Vassal of the Oyo Empire...

(1895) Kingdom of Benin (complete list) – Adolo, Oba (1848–1897) See also Ovonramwen Kingdom of Dahomey (Dahomey kings) (French presidents) – Ghezo, King (1818–1858)...

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...

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...

R. Phillips, a larger retaliatory force captured Benin City and drove Ovonramwen, the Oba of Benin, into exile. The British had difficulty conquering Igboland...

north east of England. Diplomat Henry Galway secures a treaty by which Ovonramwen, Oba of Benin, ostensibly accepts British protection for his kingdom....

III Queen of Madagascar Madagascar 1897–1907† Réunion French Algeria Ovonramwen King of Benin Kingdom of Benin 1897–1914† British Southern Nigeria Manuel...

have plans to repatriate them. After the British 1897 pillaged of Oba Ovonramwen’s compound in retaliation for the murder of British diplomats, most of...

historians have increasingly understood the expedition to depose Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi (Overami) who had acceded to the throne in 1888, not as a retaliation...

Phillips. The 1897 British military campaign sent the reigning king, Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, into exile and many chiefs of the kingdom surrendered or were...

Edo State of Nigeria. He was one of the loyal lieutenants of Oba (king) Ovonramwen, the exiled ruler of Benin who worked with the British colonial authorities...

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...

Blackmun, Barbara Winston (1997b). "Continuity and Change: The Ivories of Ovonramwen and Eweka II". African Arts. 30 (3). UCLA James S. Coleman African Studies...

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...

2019". Armor of Dogon hunter Serigne Babacar Sy's babouches Sculpture of Ovonramwen being exiled "Le Sénégal souhaite la restitution de « toutes » ses œuvres...