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Akenzua II

1899–1978 · 20th century

Akenzua II was the Oba of Benin in southern Nigeria from 1933 until his death in 1978. The son of Eweka II, he continued his father's revival of the monarchy and its court institutions after the British conquest of 1897, and he took part in Nigerian regional politics in the late colonial period. His son Erediauwa succeeded him.

Akenzua II
Image: Eckart von Sydow (1886 - 1942) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Kingdom of Benin (restored)

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