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Oba of Benin

The Oba of Benin, whose person was sacred, controlled an empire from the West African city of Benin (now in Nigeria), from the 15th century until 1897. A British 'Punitive Expedition', 1897, destroyed the power of the Oba, and cleared the way for the British colony of Nigeria.

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