Step back in time and discover the Complete History of the Benin Kingdom — from its mysterious origin, through the Ogiso era, the rise of the Oba dynasty, its golden age of power, art, and trade, to its decline and the tragic Benin Expedition of 1897.
00:00 Intro
01:57 Origin of the Edo people
07:50 Ogiso era in Igodomigodo
15:07 End of the Ogiso Dynasty
18:33 Rise of the Oba Dynasty in Edo
20:45 Benin Walls
23:25 Ewuare the Great
25:22 The Golden Age of Benin kingdom
27:58 Slave Trade in Benin
31:05 Benin Bronzes
33:54 Decline and Fall of Benin Kingdom
36:15 The Benin Expedition of 1897
Credit:
Benin wall at Sakponba Road: Photos by A. J. H. Goodwin https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Goodwins-photographs-of-the-Benin-wall-at-Sakponba-Road-The-top-right-and-two-lower_fig4_392836368
Statue of Oba and attendants: By Ewinosa – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44088065
Benin bronzes at the Horniman Museum: By Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10685491
African art in the Field Museum of Natural History: By Sailko – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65572594
Benin, testa di leopardo, bronzo: By I, Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17507868
Figure of an Oba with Eben Sword: photographed by Bullenwächter Andreas Franzkowiak, Halstenbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113563896
Human Figure with Mudfish legs: By Brooklyn Museum, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22476764
Oba Oguola. Museum of Black Civilizations in Dakar (Senegal): By GuillaumeG – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90800682
Brass relief plate with a scene from the Idah War. Kingdom of Benin, 16th/17th C.: photographed by User:Bullenwächter Andreas Franzkowiak, Halstenbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113563753
The National Archives UK, OGL v1.0OGL v1.0, via Wikimedia Commons – CO 1069-78-41
Art from Africa in the Bode-Museum: By Sailko – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88945961
Ewuare II: Daga MacDammy – Aikin na, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128848842
Plaque de bronze représentant Oba Ozolua se préparant à la guerre. Musée des Civilisations Noires de Dakar (Sénégal): By GuillaumeG – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90800527
An Edo figure from the reign of the oba Esigie (c. 1504 – 1550): By Brooklyn Museum, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22510883
Oba Orhogbua: By Valerie McGlinchey, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10333969
Portuguese Traders before Olu Atuwatse I: By LordSnow242 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112361489
Benin Bronze Plaques at the British Museum: By Shadowgate from Novara, ITALY – British Museum, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58242324
Bini men squatting in front of a mud building: By The British Museum – https://www.britishmuseum.org/learn/schools/ages-7-11/africa/school-presentation-people-benin, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=137191864
Basalmaire E227-2: By Own work, Caroline Léna Becker, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=146501197
African language families: By Mark Dingemanse -CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33679
AI-Restored Benin Bronzes: By Ethnologisches Museum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz – https://www.cp3c.org/benin-bronzes/object.php?o=996, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=121459454
Benin Head: By FundacionArellanoAlonso – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42102377
Chief from Udo culture 1600-1650 CE Bronze Dallas Museum of Art: By Mary Harrsch – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95579464
Benin bronze: By Undefined workshop of Bronze Casters Guild Igun Eronmwon. – Self-photographed by User:Bullenwächter Andreas Franzkowiak, Halstenbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113567174
Music
Bumba Crossing by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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