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We wish to state categorically again that between the 14th - 16th centuries our ancestors the Kings of Great Benin Empire were involved in International Trade on equal basis with partners across Europe and other parts of the world.
They traded items like ivory, wooden sculptures, animal skins, spices, cotton, food products and many more. This is a fact. Please see the articles below: 1) https://www.livescience.com/benin-bronzes-were-crafted-of-metal-from-a-completely-unexpected-place 2) Benin Bronzes are made of German brass https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/984344 BBC News reports -----> Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, according to extracts from her death certificate. It says she died at 15:10 BST in Balmoral Castle in Scotland on 8 September - she was 96. The National Records of Scotland published the certificate on Thursday. The document was signed by her daughter, Princess Anne. The death was recorded on 16 September by the Registrar General for Scotland. Her death certificate also bears the name of her father, King George VI, and mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. BBC News confirmed the death at 18:31 BST on 8 September following a statement from the Royal Family. That statement read: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon." Queen Elizabeth with her husband Philips Duke of Edinburgh in 1958
Queen Elizabeth 11
21 April 1926 - 8 September 2022 View the full funeral service here: Washington Post -----> Imperial State Crown, orb and sceptre removed from Queen Elizabeth 11's coffin ABC News -----> Pipe Major Paul Burns, performed a fitting lament at the end of the queen's funeral. The song he played was "Sleep, dearie, sleep." Its lyrics, via Musicxmatch, are a simple exhortation for the hearer to take some long-needed rest. Transliterated from a Scottish brogue, the lyrics read, "Sodger, lie doon on yer wee pickle straw / It's no very broad and it's no very braw / But, Sodger, it's better than naething at a', / Sae sleep, Sodger, sleep." Read More: Here ----> Photographer: Daderot. Bronze by: Uyi Omodamwen., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Description English: Exhibit in the Etnografiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Bronze plaque depicting the meeting between Akenzua II, Oba of Benin, and Queen Elizabeth II, during the latter's visit to Nigeria in 1956. Cast in 2009 by the Oba's grandson Uyi Omodamwen (born 1974) and donated to the museum in 2010. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction. This is a photo of an artwork at the Museum of Ethnography in Sweden with the identifier: 2010.01.0001 2) Oba Akenzua II greeting Queen Elizabeth II by Philip Omodamwen, Brass & wood Collection of High Priest Osemwegie Ebohon, Benin City
Queen Elizabeth 11 with her husband Prince Phillips visited Nigeria in 1958 six years after she was crowned Queen of England and Head of the Common Wealth of Nations. They were greeted by Oba Akenzua 11 at the airport. The moment of handshake is depicted in this plaque. This day in history 125 years ago:
Tuesday 22nd February 1897 British Expedition Force last day at Benin. Mr Seppings Wright of Illustrated London News sketches places of interest in Benin City. Sailors, marines and carriers leave Benin City. |
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