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Jaja of Opobo (died 1891) Nigerian merchant prince. A former slave, he became head of the Anna Pepple trading house at Bonny in the Niger Delta, acting as a middleman between the coastal markets and the Nigerian interior. He established (1869) his own state at Opobo on the Gulf of Guinea. From here he was able to prevent rival supplies from reaching the coast. In 1873 Jaja was recognized as King of Opobo. In the 1880s Jaja opposed increasing British influence in the area, and in 1887 was deported by Britain to the West Indies.

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Jaja , fl. 1869-87, Nigerian merchant prince. A former slave, he became an important trader in Bonny in the 1860s as a middleman between the coastal markets and the Nigerian interior. In 1869 he founded his own state at Opobo on the Gulf of Guinea. From there he controlled supplies of palm oil and opposed the efforts of British firms to penetrate the interior. The traders persuaded the British vice consul, Henry Hamilton (Sir Harry) Johnston, to act against Jaja, who was seized in 1887 and then deported to the West Indies.

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