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then married her after his triumph over Elekighidi. Then Oba Ozolua beheaded Eyowo out of fear that she could betray him too in future. Oba Ozolua was dreaded abroad. He fought over 200 successful battles to subdue rebellions, expand the Edo Empire, to earn the appellation: Ozolua N´Tharomi. Ozolua the Conqueror. It was from his reign that Benin Obas began to add the title: Nokhua or Akpolokpolo (Emperor) to their names.
The Portuguese made strong efforts to convert Oba Ozolua to Christianity with preachments. He had no respect for White gods and deities and even for the Portuguese items of trade, which were being offered to build close links between the kingdom and Portugal. He was, however, impressed with their guns, a weapon strange to warfare in the West African region at that time. Oba Ozolua introduced bronze casting to Benin. He did it through Iguehae, a great bronze caster, whose descendants have continued the tradition through the guild of bronze casters at the present day Igun Street in Benin City. HTML Comment Box is loading comments...
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