Crow is called Etitibiti in Benin. A very dark smart birds of the corvus of which Raven (Akhuan-khuan) also belong. This bird is believed to be the king of all birds in Benin beliefs. Fable has it that, after creation, Erhamwẹn-Osa(Thy Lord) wanted to crown sparrow (Esikpogho) king of all birds. Erhamwẹn-Osa wanted to crownContinue reading “Strong The Benin Fable of Why Crow Peck on Eagle. By Enogie, IGUMA ITOHAN.”
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THE MID-WEST REGION OF NIGERIA. ‘REFERENDUM’
ẸDO people sovereignty. BENIN AND THE MIDWEST REFERENDUM OF 1963 By Nowamagbe A. Omoigui, MD, MPH, FACC Chief Executive Officer, Cardiovascular Care Group, PA Cardiovascular Care Group, PA Columbia, SC, USA Speech delivered on Friday, December 20, 2002 at the Oba Akenzua II Cultural Complex, Airport Road, Benin City on occasion of the Fifth Late ChiefContinue reading “THE MID-WEST REGION OF NIGERIA. ‘REFERENDUM’”
PRAYER IN EDOLAND (ERHUMWUN VBẸ OTẸDO)
PRAYER IN EDOLAND.(ERHUMWUN VBẸ OTẸDO)======================= Prayer is part of the Edo people way of life. The Edo people are born with prayer, this has been before the foundation of the kingdom in 40BC. Benin kingdom which is now part of today Nigeria, West Africa. The Benin kingdom is the second surviving kingdom on earth today,Continue reading “PRAYER IN EDOLAND (ERHUMWUN VBẸ OTẸDO)”
THE NAME ẸWẸKA IN THE BENIN KINGDOM HISTORY.
The name Ẹwẹka is a pure Edo name of the people of Benin kingdom which mean the following: 1). the family/lineage will never end 2). The empire/kingdom will never end. Ẹwẹka derived it root from an edo ancient name Ẹwae which mean family/lineage and empire/kingdom. Ẹwae na ẹ ghi ka / Ẹwae ẹ ghi kaContinue reading “THE NAME ẸWẸKA IN THE BENIN KINGDOM HISTORY.”
GREAT BENIN KINGDOM – 40 C.E
BOOK: AFRICA IN WORLD HISTORY; FROM PREHISTORY TO THE PRESENT. MASTER TIMELINE: AFRICA TO 1500 C.E. GREAT BENIN KINGDOM – 40 C.E 25,000 – 10,000 B.C.E. – Rock paintings in North Africa, Sahara, and southern Africa10,000 B.C.E. – Beginnings of agriculture 5000 B.C.E. – Sedentary farming communities along Nile Valley and in Ethiopia4000 B.C.E. – EarliestContinue reading “GREAT BENIN KINGDOM – 40 C.E”
OSANUDAZI.(MIGHTY GOD)
GREAT OBA AKENZUA OF BENIN KINGDOM.“I will rather serve my God in Edo way; I would rather worship him in the Edo custom; Unless it can be proven to me that he doesn’t understand the Edo language”-( Oba Akenzua Nisonorho.1933 – 1978CE – The Great Benin Kingdom of West Africa).
THE IKHINMWIN TREE.
THE IKHIMWIN TREE. The ‘Ikhimwin’ tree is believed to be the first and the oldest tree according to Bini myth. It’s regarded as the king of all trees upon the surface of the earth. Always planted as boundary tree for centuries, because of it long lasting and resistance to any kind of weather conditions andContinue reading “THE IKHINMWIN TREE.”
The Benin Kingdom, never involved in transatlantic slaves trade.
ANOTHER FACT ABOUT BENIN KINGDOM. Benin was the first to stop slave trade 300yrs before the world did. Take time to read this the more reason we should be grateful to our ancestors most specially our spiritual and traditional rulers both past and present for the love they had showed for the people in theContinue reading “The Benin Kingdom, never involved in transatlantic slaves trade.”
CHIEF IYASẸ N’ỌHẸNMWẸN
IYASẸ N’ỌHẸNMWẸN REIGNED DURING ỌBANOSA & ỌSẸMWẸNDẸ REIGN. HE WAS THE HEAD AND COMMANDER OF THE BENIN KINGDOM MILITARY AND A WAR LORD. HE FOUGHT & CONQUERED SOME TOWNS AND VILLAGES AMONG WAS ẸKUẸ TOWN (AKURE), WHERE HE SETTLED AND LIVED PART OF HIS LIFE. THERE IN ẸKUẸ, HE BROUGHT UP A NEW FAMILY OUTSIDEContinue reading “CHIEF IYASẸ N’ỌHẸNMWẸN”
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. Keep doing what you know best,to improve every life of the living and non-living things.👌🙏✍ This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
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