Uwagbale Edward-Ekpu
#Science #Tech #Innovation #Healthcare #History #Edology | 200+ articles: @qzafrica @scitechafrica @brookingsinst @milkeninstitute | Children's book author
View on ๐Threads
Esan culture before colonisation: A man's mistress is called Osho, their child Omosho. If a man has no male child, his daughter, usually the 1st (called his Ehale "Forehead") woul...
From the 17th century the Oba of Benin became more of a recluse involved manily on daily round of rituals that were meant to affirm his semi-divine status. These provided opportuni...
The path-breaking archaeological survey of the Benin-Esan earthwork done by Patrick Darling didn't only show that the Benin-Esan earthwork is the largest in the world, it also show...
How Benin's bans on slave trade beginning in the end of 1500s & reluctance to actively trade enslaved people to Europeans, when Europe was focused on slave trade in Africa led to i...