Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, also called Overami, was the thirty-fifth Ọba of the Kingdom of Benin reigning from c. 1888 – c. 1897, up until the British punitive expedition. Born circa 1857, he was the son of Ọba Adọlọ. He took the name Ovọnramwẹn Nọgbaisi at his enthronement in 1888.
Bodies of those sacrificed by the Oba laid in pits and many hung crucified in trees. [12] [13] [better source needed] Ovonramwen, photographed by Jonathan Adagogo Green on board the Niger Coast Protectorate steam yacht, Ivy, while the Oba was on his way to exile in 1897. The Oba was eventually captured by the British consul-general, Ralph Moor.
Ovonramwen, Oba of Benin from 1888- January 1898 An Oba on horseback with attendants from 16th century An Oba of Benin from the late 17th century. The Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler and the custodian of the culture of the Edo people and all Edoid people.
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. Aiguobasin Ovonramwen worked with the colonial government ...
The new Oba reactivated four ancestral shrines that were dedicated to his last four predecessors and a communal shrine was created for all the other previous Obas. [8] In 1976, robbers stole the contents of these revived ancestral shrines and the ruler at that time, Oba Erwdiauwa (r. 1979 –2016), moved the ancestral altars inside the palace ...
Ovonramwen died on January 13, 1914, paving the way for Prince Aiguobasimwin (later Oba Eweka II) to become Oba. The British authorities, however, broke with tradition by appointing Obaseki, the Iyase of Benin (Chief Adviser to the Oba) much to the dismay of the newly installed Oba Eweka II.
The Oba's divinity and sacredness was the focal point of the kingship. The Oba was shrouded in mystery; he only left his palace on ceremonial occasions. It was previously punishable by death to assert that the Oba performed human acts, such as eating, sleeping, dying or washing. The Oba was also credited with having magical powers. [57]
Asoro, also known as General Asoro was a 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. [2] He participated in the defense of Benin against the British expeditionary force that aimed to capture the Oba.