Benin kingship rituals / produced by F. Speed and R. Bradbury, for the Benin Historical Research Scheme.
Until it was conquered by the British in 1897, the city of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was the centre of a powerful kingdom. Its rulers, the Obas of Benin, were mysterious, secluded figures who spent much of their time in the performance of rituals designed to enhance their power and to ensure th...
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