Omotan
Emotan (century ẹkẹgwẹlu) chi any'aja onobulẹ ki any'aja am'ẹnwu ujẹñwu ogbegbele Aja Oba efu ancient Benin kingdom ẹgba ki Oba Uwaifiokun kpai Prince Ogun d'oji ede, ta ki la dabi du odu "Oba Ewuare the Great" anubi ki che Oba of Benin.[1][2][3] I chẹnẹ ejodudu ki nẹ day care centre efu Benin City; oral history ka kakini i ch'atẹko Oba Ewuare efu egba dabi ọfẹ Oba of Benin anubi ọdọ wewe ku ma fu gbenyọ.[4]
Ọlayi
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Emotan (odu nwu ọgẹcha chi Uwaraye), ma fu bi efu Eyaen agbagba ọdọ 1380 kpai ọdọ 1400.[5] Anubi ki ọkọ nwu lekwu, i f'unyi ugbo ki ache am'ẹnwu ekwu abimọtọ nwu chaka kọ.[6]
Emotan chẹnwu ekwu Ewuare efu egba ọfẹ Oba of Benin dabi anubi ki k'ọla nwu l'ugbo alo ki ma kpẹ todu ku ma du kpa abo ku ma kp'alo lẹ chi Uwaifiokun kpai abo ku ma n'ọda ẹgba ki ma dẹ oji ede-n.[7] Ewuare mu Emotan du dago uña Iyeki (English: agboji ami Ekpate guild e ku ma d'ọwọ n'oji), uña ku ma du nwu ẹnẹ ki a du ọda dago efu ajs manyi ẹnẹ ki a d'eju go ọla du ki lugbo ide efu aja.[6]
Ojima
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Anubi ki Emotan lekwu, Oba Ewuare mu ọda du nwu ma todu ku ma fu oli elifọ Uruhe gbẹ yi ugbo ki ko am'ẹnwu ekwu nwu jọ gẹgẹdẹ. I la ñọ mu ọda du ka kini otila i che ki amonẹ du a rirẹ Emotan ẹgba du ku ma ch'icholo ọkwu du.[7]
Ojibo Emotan
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Éwn malábó:Main Unana ki dabu onẹ Ojibo Emotan ki che bronze ma fu che todu ki ch'ujiwe ojima todu odu ọmẹmẹle ki Emotan nẹ ubi oli Uruhe meji lẹ, ku ma gbẹ iko ojoji-ojoji mu gwulọ.[8] Ẹnẹ ki che ojibo lẹ chiJohn A. Danford manyi ẹnẹ ki du tẹ ejugede chi Oba Akenzua II ki d'ọwọ dama kpai abo British Colonial authorities ọjọ kochu ẹlu nolu ọjọ ogwu efu ọfọ 1954. Ojibo lẹ dago efu Aja Oba efewo Benin City, Edo State.[9]
References
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- ↑ S. B. Omoregie (1972). Emotan and the Kings of Benin. Longman Group (Far East), Limited. ISBN 978-0-582-60925-9.
- ↑ Kola Onadipe (1980). Footprints on the Niger. National Press. p. 28. ISBN 9789781780066.
- ↑ Christy Akenzua (1997). Historical tales from ancient Benin. Vol. 2. July Seventeenth Co. (Indiana University). p. 40. ISBN 978-9-7831-74139.
- ↑ Trevor Schoonmaker (4 July 2003). Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-4039-6210-2.
- ↑ Irene Isoken Salami (2001). Emotan (a Benin Heroine). Mazlink Nigeria Limited. ISBN 978-978-35644-3-5.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "MEET OBA EWUARE THE GREAT : ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ANCIENT KINGS". The New Black Magazine. 21 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jubril Olabode Aka (February 2012). Nigerian Women of Distinction, Honour and Exemplary Presidential Qualities: Equal Opportunities for All Genders (White, Black Or Coloured People). Trafford Publishing. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-1-4669-1554-1.
- ↑ Ian McCall. "The Emotan Tree". Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Benin Kingdom Historical Sites". Edo World. Retrieved 31 August 2015.