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ADVENT OF THE SECOND (OBA) DYNASTY: ANOTHER ASSESSMENT OF A BENIN HISTORY KEY POINT*
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There is no other theme in prccolonial 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...
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ADVENT OF THE SECOND (OBA) DYNASTY: ANOTHER ASSESSMENT OF A BENIN HISTORY KEY POINT*
History In Africa
; ... example, lands that have never existed frequently appeared on maps and were sought by generations of travelers and adventurers ... Benin to Atakpame, and from Lagos to Oyo lie (Old Oyo in the maps) Ife is known as Ife ondaiye, ibi oju ti imo wa. Literally translated ...
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Administration Sees Benin As Sliver of Hope in Africa
The Washington Post
; Scanning the map of Africa for signs of hope amid the violence and misery, Clinton administration officials love to talk about Benin. Civil war in Sudan? Repression in Nigeria? Chaos in Zaire? Sure, but then there's plucky little Benin, a Pennsylvania-size nation of 5 million on Nigeria's western
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BETWEEN THE OGISO AND OBA DYNASTIES: AN INTERPRETATION OF INTERREGNUM IN THE BENIN KINGDOM
History In Africa
; I The evidence for the period separating the times of the two Benin dynasties, that of the ogi'so 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
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North Carolina HBCU working to produce textbooks for Benin.(Noteworthy News)
Black Issues in Higher Education
; RALEIGH, N.C. With a little help from a boy named Bio, educators and students at historically Black St. Augustine's College are trying to improve education in the West African nation of Benin. They are part of a U.S. Agency for International Development program called Textbooks for a Global Society
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BENIN EDUCATION MINISTER MAKES STOP AT HENNINGER.(Local)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; Byline: Maureen Nolan Staff writer It wasn't Regents biology, but students at Henninger High School got a lesson when a government minister from the Republic of Benin, plus entourage, filed into their classroom Thursday morning. For starters, the students got a chance to meet the impeccably
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Benin's ex-dictator returns by ballot box: Kerekou says he'll stay on reform path.(World)(Briefing/Africa)
The Washington Times
; Benin, one of the first African nations to ditch a Marxist dictatorship in favor of democracy, this spring demonstrated its commitment to the new process of peaceful change by voting out the architect of reform and voting back in the man who took it down the Marxist road in the first place.
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Opposition Evaporates in Benin Vote; President Kerekou Tells Critics Democracy Is 'Alive and Kicking'
The Washington Post
; Even before voters in this tiny West African country went to the polls this week to choose a president, the outcome of the election was all but decided and Benin's image as a leader in the region's halting steps toward democracy was tarnished. Benin, a sliver of a country of 6.5 million people
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Benin--Kings and Rituals: court arts from Nigeria.(exhibition preview)
African Arts
; ... size and layout of the city (Fig. 4; Dapper 1668 after Jones 1998). [FIGURE 4 OMITTED] The name Benin can be found on European maps of Africa beginning in the sixteenth century; from that time on, the kingdom was an important trading partner. Continuous trading ... conquered the kingdom and sacked Benin City. Oba ...
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A Beacon of Democracy in Africa; Once-Marxist Benin Has Had 3 Peaceful Transitions in 15 Years
The Washington Post
; When this West African nation ran short of funds to finance its election machinery, voters raised cash, loaned computers and lit up vote-counting centers with their motorcycle headlights. The unusual display of people power demonstrated how a Marxist dictatorship once nicknamed "Africa's Cuba" has
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The looting of Benin
The Independent - London
; On the half-landing of the main staircase of the British Museum hangs a unique display of 50 bronzes, depicting small groups of African soldiers in military gear. These are just a small percentage of the 900 magnificent bronze sculptures, dating from the 16th century, that were seized from the
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