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Queen Iden the wife of oba Ewakpe
By EKAIWE IGINUA OSEMWEKHA In trying to review the contributions of women to the ancient kingdom of Benin, the story will be grossly understated without reference to Queen Iden the beloved wife of Oba Ewakpe the great. She was the pride of femine gender: in her days as a Benin Royal Queen who stood behind her husband in a turbulent period. And to be able to brace up to the challenges the king
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Queen Iden Vial Of Edo Culture
{By AMBROSE EKHOSUEHI} Queen Iden was the faithful wife of Oba Ewuakpe who remained married to him, made herself the sacrifice, offered herself to be buried alive to the gods for a handsome presents to the Oba and peaceful co-existence of Edo people. In those days of Oba Ewuakpe, the Benin people revolted against the Benin Monarch. The elders and the people left the Oba, went to the palace and
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