Category: Arts
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Benin Expedition of 1897 was the punitive action of the British against Benin following the massacre of unwelcome advancing party led by Acting Consul J.R. Phillips to the Benin palace one month before. Although the killing of Phillips and his men by Benin chiefs was the direct cause of the Benin Expedition, it is recognized mostly…
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Hubert Ogunde was born in 1916 in Ososa, near Ijebu-Ode of Ogun State to Jeremiah Dehinbo and Eunice Owatusan Ogunde. In 1924 at the age of eight, he began participating occasionally with Egun Alarinjo, Dara Mojo Atete and, Ekun Oko as a dancer and drummer up until 1928. He attended St John’s school, Ososa from…
