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Eisenhofer, Stefan. "The Origins of the Benin Kingship in the Works of Jacob Egharevba." History in Africa 22 (January 1995): 141–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3171912.

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The kingdom of Benin has the reputation of being one of the most important examples for a king-oriented state-formation in sub-Saharian Africa. In the past few decades much research has appeared on the early history of this kingdom, the origin of its kingship, and the time of the early Ogiso kings, who are considered by many historians as the autochthonous founders of Benin kingship around 900. These Ogiso rulers are assumed to have been replaced between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries by kings of the later Oba dynasty, which supposedly descends from the Yoruba town of Ife and which continues in office at the present.The abundance of literature on the early history of the Benin kingdom often hides the fact that, apart from sporadic—and for the most part isolated—reports from travelers, a few archeological accounts, and some vaguely dated objects from Benin, the reconstruction of the early history of Benin is based almost exclusively on the data of the Bini local historian Jacob Egharevba, who published prolifically on Benin history and culture from 1930 to 1970. The most famous of his works is the Short History of Benin—a small publication, where the author deals with the history of the kingdom from its origins until the twentieth century.

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Bondarenko, Dmitri M., and Peter M. Roese. "Between the Ogiso and Oba Dynasties: An Interpretation of Interregnum in the Benin Kingdom." History in Africa 31 (2004): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0361541300003417.

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The evidence for the period separating the times of the two Benin dynasties, that of the ogiso and that of the oba, is extremely scanty and does not look very trustworthy. There are not even any direct indications as to the time when the events under consideration took place. However, an analysis of the Second dynasty's history allows to arrive at the conclusion that the events preceding its advent to power could date from the late twelth and early thirteenth centuries (Bondarenko 2001:160n64; 2003). There are no possibilities for giving a more concrete date, nor for the exact calculation of the respective periods' length. However, the scant information about it still permits an interpretation of the very events of that time (though it looks like none of the professional Benin students has ever attempted it). In fact, we have either to operate with the sources which are in our disposal, or abandon trying to reconstruct an important episode of the Benin kingdom's history and concede that we must categorically deny the very possibility of giving any credit to information provided mainly by oral tradition and ethnography.

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Nevadomsky, Joseph. "Photographic Representations of the Oba in the Contemporary Art of the Benin Kingdom." Critical Interventions 9, no. 3 (September 2, 2015): 219–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19301944.2016.1159474.

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Bondarenko, Dmitri M. "Advent of the Second (Oba) Dynasty: Another Assessment of a Benin History Key Point." History in Africa 30 (2003): 63–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0361541300003144.

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There is no other theme in precolonial Benin Kingdom studies around which so many lances have been broken as that of consolidation of the present-day Second (Oba) dynasty and the person of its founder Oranmiyan (Oranyan in Yoruba). The main reason for this is the existence of considerable disagreements between numerous Bini and Yoruba versions of the oral historical tradition. Besides this, the story of Oranmiyan is one of the Bini and Yoruba oral history pages most tightly connected with mythology. This fact becomes especially important if one takes into account that the oral tradition is no doubt the main (though not the only) source on the consolidation of the Oba Dynasty in Benin. The key point on which different Bini and Yoruba traditions openly contradict each other, and which scholars debate, is the origin of the Dynasty. Who initiated its founding: Bini or Yoruba? Was it a request or a conquest? Are the characters of the oral tradition relations historical figures? Finally, what were historical, sociocultural, and political circumstances of the Oba accession?If one disengages from details, three groups of traditional versions that describe the origin and life of Oranmiyan (including its period connected with Benin) can be distinguished. These groups may be designated as the Yoruba one, the Benin “official” (i.e., traditionally recognized by Oba themselves and most widely spread among common Bini) and Benin “apocryphal” traditions. In the meantime it should be borne in mind that Bini and Yoruba native gatherers and publishers of the oral historical tradition could influence each other. For example, the Yoruba Johnson could influence the Bini Egharevba, while the latter in his turn could influence another Yoruba, Fabunmi, and so on.

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Webster, James B., and Onaiwu W. Ogbomo. "Chronological Problems in C.G. Okojie's Esan Narrative Traditions." History in Africa 24 (January 1997): 345–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3172035.

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The Esan who presently inhabit four local government areas of Edo State, Nigeria, share an exclusive feeling of being one people. In language and custom they are akin to the Edo people of Benin. The name “Esan” is an Edo word meaning “jump” or “flee,” which explains the manner in which they departed the Benin kingdom. The Esan region is divided roughly into the plateau—about one-third the total area but containing three-fifths of the people—and the lowlands. The plateau chiefdoms, originally seven of them, have been classed as Esan ‘A’ and include Irrua, Ekpoma, Uromi, Ewu, Ubiaja, Udo, and Ugboha. The lowland chief doms, originally eight, are known as Esan ‘B’ and consist of Ewohimi (Orikhimi), Ohordua, Emu, Ebelle, Okalo, Amahor, Ezen, and Okaigun.According to Esan traditions all the ancestors of the people, royal and commoner alike, came from Benin, the first groups being escapees and pioneers, the royal groups coming into the region later, during the reign of Ewuare, ca. 1455-82. Closer interviewing of clans, neither royal nor holding titles, demonstrates that many do not hold to this popular tradition, claiming either to be indigenous or to have migrated from elsewhere. Even in the intelligence report on the Esan, a significant number of clans reported origins other than in Benin. It seems that Esan ‘A’ chiefdoms on the plateau were the earliest established, and paid tribute to Benin through the Onojie (chief) of Irrua, who was therefore roughly the paramount of the Esan province of Benin. As the chiefdoms grew in numbers and spread on to the lowlands, he remained their overlord or governor. However, by the early nineteenth century the Oba of Benin installed the chief of Ewohimi as paramount over the lowland or Esan ‘B’ chiefdoms. By the advent of the British in the 1890s the earliest fifteen chiefdoms had grown to thirty.

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Musa, Rasheed Abiodun. "The theatre of Ovonramwen." Babel. Revue internationale de la traduction / International Journal of Translation 52, no. 2 (November 17, 2006): 153–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/babel.52.2.04mus.

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Abstract The Ovonramwen theatre is a paradigm that necessarily celebrates various theatrical performances and play-texts that reflect on the life and time of Oba Ovonramwen, the former King of the Benin Kingdom, Nigeria. Using the deductive methodology, this paper reflects on the politics of historical reconstruction in the Nigerian theatre and importantly evaluates various play-texts written about Ovonramwen by Nigerian playwrights. We conclude that the international theatre market will benefit from the Ovonramwen theatre and sincerely call on the British Government to tell us their own account about the subjugation of the people of Benin and the deposition of the god-king (Ovonramwen) through the famous revenge mission in 1897. Theatricalising these events through a play-text by a British writer or commissioned by the British Government will further help us to do more comparative study about Ovonramwen all in the Ovonramwen theatre. The ‘incisors’ must be separated from the ‘grinders’ if the truth must be known. Résumé Le théâtre d’Ovonramwen est un paradigme de performances théâtrales et des textes qui reflètent la vie du Roi Ovonramwen, l’un des anciens rois de Benin au Nigéria. A travers une méthodologie déductive, cet article traite de la politique de reconstruction historique du théâtre nigérian et évalue surtout les divers textes des pièces théâtrales écrits sur les dramaturges nigérians. Nous concluons que le marché international du théâtre va bénéficier de l’oeuvre théâtrale d’Ovonramwen et va en profiter pour demander au Gouvernement Britannique de donner sa version de la subjugation du Royaume du Benin et de la déposition du Roi-Dieu (Ovonramwen) à travers la fameuse mission de vengeance de 1897. En théâtralisant ces événements au moyen d’une pièce théâtrale d’un dramaturge britannique, approuvée par le Gouvernement Britannique, on arriverait mieux à procéder à une étude comparative sur Ovonramwen dans diverses oeuvres théâtrales. Les “incisives” doivent se séparer des “molaires” si la vérité doit se mettre à nue.

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Eisenhofer, Stefan. "The Benin Kinglist/s: Some Questions of Chronology." History in Africa 24 (January 1997): 139–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3172022.

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The chronology of the history of the Benin kingdom is seen by many historians as clarified in the main back to the thirteenth century and even earlier. Apart from the reports of European travelers and missionaries and some information given by merchants, this chronology is based mainly on the Benin kinglist for the periods before 1897. This list names 38 kings (obas) of Benin and covers past centuries with seemingly great accuracy (see table 1).In spite of the many names of former obas and the pretended accuracy of the list's time-frame, it would be problematic to take it as historically factual since it cannot be corroborated by any documentation before the mid-nineteenth century. The data concerning the period before this time are almost exclusively based on the writings of the Benin amateur historian Jacob Egharevba. In his work Egharevba reported on important events in the oral traditions of Benin and connected the reign of former kings with specific years. In doing so he forced his African oral material into a linear European time scheme and into the framework specified by European written sources.Unfortunately, very few historians have as yet critically analyzed the chronological data for Benin. This is surprising, since the great Benin researcher Bradbury noted some time ago that Egharevba's “chronological conclusions have been accepted too uncritically, especially for the period up to the first European contact” (Bradbury 1959:285f) and have been seen as historical facts without any further consideration ever since. Neither the question of so-called “genealogical parasitism,” nor any of the other fundamental problems which arise when studying kinglists have been addressed.

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VON HELLERMANN, PAULINE, and UYILAWA USUANLELE. "THE OWNER OF THE LAND: THE BENIN OBAS AND COLONIAL FOREST RESERVATION IN THE BENIN DIVISION, SOUTHERN NIGERIA." Journal of African History 50, no. 2 (July 2009): 223–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002185370999003x.

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AbstractColonial forest reservation in the Benin Division of southern Nigeria was remarkably extensive, with reserves taking up almost 65 per cent of the Division by 1937. This paper explores both the various strategies employed by the colonial government in order to bring about large scale reservation and the role of reservation in changing land politics. In doing so, it provides nuanced insights into the interaction between the colonial government and local rulers under indirect rule. It shows that both Oba Eweka II (1914–33) and Oba Akenzua II (1933–79) supported reservation for strategic reasons, but also highlights the government's many underhand tactics in dealing with the Obas.

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Rosen, Norma. "Benin: An African Kingdom." African Arts 30, no. 4 (1997): 82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3337559.

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Nevadomsky, Joseph, John Peffer-Engels, and Chukwuma Azuonye. "Benin Kingdom of West Africa." African Arts 30, no. 4 (1997): 88. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3337564.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Oba of Benin kingdom"

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Osadolor, Osarhieme Benson. "The military system of Benin Kingdom, c. 1440-1897." [S.l. : s.n.], 2001. http://www.sub.uni-hamburg.de/disse/544/Disse.pdf.

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Reid, John. "Warrior aristocrats in crisis : the political effects of the transition from the slave trade to palm oil commerce in the nineteenth century Kingdom of Dahomey." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2008.

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Few exploratory ventures would ever be undertaken if the explorer appreciated his own limitations at the outset. Although his ultimate destination is unclear, the route uncertain, the terrain unfamiliar and the tools inadequate he is spurred initially by a self-assurance born of his own limited knowledge. Unfortunately, that same self-assurance ill-equips him for the difficulties which he inevitably has to face en route. This thesis has been no exception to this pattern. It has involved more than its fair share of blind alleys, false trails, disorientation, retracing of footsteps and re-establishment of bearings. It has occasionally been marked by that feeling of despairing bewilderment which confronts the uncertain traveller lost in unfamiliar territory or overwhelmed by the novelty and complexity of his surroundings. Like most exploratory journeys, it has been difficult to decide when the ultimate destination has been reached and almost impossible in restrospect to recall the exact route by which that particular point was achieved. However, the historian of Dahomey is fortunate in comparison with the explorer venturing into virgin territory. For he is well served by the pioneers who have blazed the trail before him and by the signposts which are available to him. The Kingdom of Dahomey has been well covered by primary source material and contemporary documentation and publications.

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Ugbi, Blessing Afokoghene. "Documented patients' journeys through an Emergency Department as the basis for a discrete event simulation model using data from University of Benin Teaching Hospital (Nigeria) and Manchester Royal Infirmary (United Kingdom)." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/documented-patients-journeys-through-an-emergency-department-as-the-basis-for-a-discrete-event-simulation-model-using-data-from-university-of-benin-teaching-hospital-nigeria-and-manchester-royal-infirmary-united-kingdom(6737df6a-ea4e-479c-9956-113cf0e837df).html.

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This work compares the procedures used in the Emergency Departments in the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in Nigeria and in Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) in the UK. It goes on to develop a discrete event model of the latter in Rockwell Arena®.Raw data from UBTH were obtained over a number of visits by interviewing senior administrators, clinicians and nursing staff and by tracking patients over a period of 2 months between 1 July and 29 August, 2011. Information from MRI was supplied through an approved ethical protocol to the National Research Ethics committee (REC Reference 13/NN/0175, IRAS ID 124168, dated March 4, 2013). This embraced patient journeys, locations, investigations and tests for the 98236 patients who attended the ED between April 2012 and March 2013. These (anonymised) data were obtained as spreadsheets from the original Symphony® records, which were then manipulated and analysed using the computer language, R. Anecdotal information on ED operations, patient flow and procedure duration times were also obtained from ED staff. All of this information identified similarities and differences between patient journeys in the two hospitals and were used to generate appropriate process maps. Proposals were made to improve the recoding and maintenance of patients’ records in UBTH. In the case of MRI, each patient’s journey was expressed as a journey-string, which was an ordered list of locations and milestones derived from the time-stamps recorded in the original spreadsheets. A large transition matrix (168 by 168) was generated from the set of journey strings and established the probability of a patient going from one location to any another. This reflects all the decisions which were made at each step of the patient’s journey. The number of destinations from a particular source reflects the options available at a particular instant in time, while the size of each probability reflects the preferred destination. The transition matrix together with the duration and resource requirement of the process associated with the destination is the key to the generation of a process map for each journey through the system. This methodology is original and can be applied generally. This was used as a basis for the journey-path model. In the final MRI model the 4h deadline was not included since the mechanism for its actual implementation was somewhat vague. Instead some isolated models based on patients’ priorities and resource re-allocation were described. From these it was inferred that changing the priority of a patient may not in itself be sufficient to alter the journey profile and in order to do so resources must be re-allocated. The only alternative would appear to be the fast-tracking of patients.

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Izu, Benjamin Obeghare. "Music and associated ceremonies displayed during Ugie (festival) in the Royal Court of Benin Kingdom, Nigeria." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/6721.

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This study examines the Oba of Benin Royal Ugie ceremonies, which is an annual religious and cultural event celebrated by the Benin speaking people of Edo State, Nigeria. As a communal and spiritual activity, the Oba and people of Benin kingdom mark the Ugie festivals with Musical and dance performances. Within this context, the study adopts the historical and participant approaches as its method of contending that some events during the Oba of Benin Royal Ugie festival ceremonies are colorful theatrical performances. The organizational structure of the Oba of Benin Palace as it relates to the observance of Ugie festival ceremonies is also discussed in this research. This study also examines the role Ewini music plays in the various Oba of Benin Royal Ugie festival ceremonies, thereby looking at its origin, socio-cultural context, formation procedure, instrumentation, and organizational set-up. This research also recommends different ways in which music practitioner can benefit by applying a theatrical approach to the study of these royal Ugie ceremonies and its music and also the ability of the festival ceremonies to continue to act as an instrument of stability and unity for the people of Benin kingdom, by bringing people from different walks of life together during the performance at Ugie ceremonies. For clarity, all non-english words are defined in the glossary section on page 73.
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Osadolor, Osarhieme Benson [Verfasser]. "The military system of Benin Kingdom, c. 1440 - 1897 / by Osarhieme Benson Osadolor." 2001. http://d-nb.info/964084686/34.

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Krautwurst, Udo R. "On the economic derivation of social classes in pre-capitalist Africa : production, trade, and process in the Benin Kingdom, 1400-1897." 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/16544.

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Books on the topic "Oba of Benin kingdom"

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Afumata, Akeh-Osu Chris. The history of Great Edo No'ri Isi, Isi-Ile-Uku Kingdom, "Issele-Uku": Founded in 1230 A.D., founded by Ogie (King) Uwadiaie, created by Oba Eweka 1 of Benin Empire : and the emergence of the mighty Umu-Ezechimas. Onitsha [Nigeria]: Etukokwu, 1992.

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Akeh-Osu, Chris Afumata. The history of Great Edo No'ri Isi, Isi-Ile-Uku Kingdom, "Issele-Uku": Founded in 1230 A.D., founded by Ogie (King) Uwadiaie, created by Oba Eweka 1 of Benin Empire : and the emergence of the mighty Umu-Ezechimas. Onitsha [Nigeria]: Etukokwu, 1992.

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Malaquais, Dominique. The kingdom of Benin. New York: F. Watts, 1998.

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Midwinter, Cathy. Benin: An African kingdom. Godalming, Surrey [England]: WWF UK (World Wide Fund for Nature), 1994.

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Midwinter, Cathy. Benin: An African kingdom. Warwick: Educational Television Company., 1994.

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Leavitt, Amie Jane. Discovering the kingdom of Benin. New York: Rosen Publishing, 2014.

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The Benin Kingdom of West Africa. New York: PowerKids Press, 1996.

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Burt, Ben. Benin: Pictures from an African kingdom. London: Museum of Mankind, 1992.

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Elizabeth, Isaacs, and Dacey Linda ill, eds. Benin, an African kingdom: The storybook. [Warwick?]: International Broadcasting Trust, 1994.

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Millar, Heather. The kingdom of Benin in West Africa. Tarrytown, N.Y: Benchmark Books, 1997.

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Bondarenko, Dmitri M. "The Benin Kingdom (13th–19th Centuries): Megacommunity as Sociopolitical System." In The Evolution of Social Institutions, 337–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51437-2_15.

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Bradbury, R. E. "The Kingdom of Benin." In Benin Studies, 44–75. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351031264-3.

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Charles, Gore. "History, Art History and the Edo Kingdom." In Art, Performance and Ritual in Benin City, 9–30. Edinburgh University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748633166.003.0002.

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"Chapter Five. Civilisation, Pacification, Demise: The Churches and the Kingdom of Danxomε." In Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin, 142–77. BRILL, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004155725.i-328.36.

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"No. 32027. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Benin." In United Nations Treaty Series, 167–68. UN, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/6496ed1e-en-fr.

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"No. 27044. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Benin." In United Nations Treaty Series, 183–95. UN, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/6da82322-en-fr.

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"No. 32205. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Benin." In Treaty Series 1892, 91–92. UN, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/a7cf8208-en-fr.

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Lovejoy, Henry B. "New Lucumí from Ọ̀yọ́." In Prieto, 95–109. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469645391.003.0007.

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During the years Camejo and Prieto led the Lucumí cabildo, warfare in the Bight of Benin hinterland resulted in the collapse of the kingdom of Oyo, which was a major West African slave-trading state. As a result, tens of thousands of Yoruba-speakers arrived to Cuba, including hundreds liberated in British abolition efforts. This chapter examines this migration in relation to Camejo and Prieto’s leadership.

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Norman, Neil L. "Pythons, Pigs, and Political Process in the Hueda Kingdom, Benin, West Africa AD 1650–1727." In Animals and Inequality in the Ancient World, 295–314. University Press of Colorado, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.5876/9781607322863.c014.

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"The (Re-)imag(in)ing of the Oba of Benin in Nigerian Dramatic Literature and its Implications in Indigenous Studies Israel Meriomame Wekpe and Alero Uwawah." In Knowing Differently, 110–27. Routledge India, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315656649-15.

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