Oba akenzua biography of william hill
She gave birth to Oba Akenzua I, thus Ehennua and Akenzua I became half-brothers.
The king, Akenzua II (1899-..
The Oba of Benin Kingdom: A history of the monarchy
Benin City, Nigeria – A wooden staff thumps on the landing in front of the temporary palace. “Long live the king!” bellows Chief Osa, as he raises his fist.
The sun reflects off the golden decorations on his horn-shaped red hat.
The other Iwebo chiefs who have followed Osa in a procession onto the palace grounds and now stand behind him say “Isee” in agreement.
Then Osa and Chief Osuan, the crown prince’s escorts on his way to the ascension, enter Usama palace, a nondescript bungalow on fallow terrain in the centre of town.
It is 8am and it will be at least seven hours until Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa shows himself in public, but his subjects have already come out in great numbers.
Thick crowds clog the roads in the heart of Benin City in the south of Nigeria, in expectation of the coronation of the new Oba of the centuries-old Benin Kingdom.
Coronation day in Benin – not to be confused with the West African country th