Benin kingdom

BENIN KINGDOM – 1892; Henry Gallwey’s Arrival For my piece, I wanted to create Henry Gallwey’s (British Vice-Consul of Oil Rivers Protectorate; later Niger Coast Protectorate) visit to the Benin Kingdom during Oba Ovonramwen’s reign before the British invasion that led to his exile in 1897. This would be considered as the kingdom’s end of independence as the Oba signed a treaty with the Henry which gave Britain legal justification for exerting greater influence in the region. My idea for…

Unidentified African potentate. Original artwork.

The walls of Benin City were four times longer than the Great Wall of China and consumed a hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Cheops. 😮 Benin City was the capital of the Benin Kingdom, dating back to the 11th century, one of the oldest and most advanced states in western Africa. Benin City’s medieval moats and walls demarcated the kingdom in precise fractal patterns. 😍 #MeetAfrica #SpreadPositiveNarrativeAboutAfrica #africanhistory #nigeria #westafrica…

Download this stock image: Nigeria: A bronze Edo altar from the Kingdom of Benin,17th to 18th century. The Benin Empire (1440–1897) was a pre-colonial African state in what is now modern Nigeria. It is not to be confused with the modern-day country called Benin (and formerly called Dahomey). - 2B010X6 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

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Relief plaque showing two warriors, Edo peoples, Benin kingdom, Nigeria, 16th–17th century

The capital of Africa’s Benin Empire astonished Europeans with its beauty, so why is there nothing left?