Ọmọ n'Ọba n'Ẹdo Uku Akpọlọkpọlọ, Akenzua II (7 January 1899 – 11 June 1978) was the thirty-seventh Oba of Benin reigning from 1933 until his death in 1978. Akenzua II was enthroned as Oba of Benin in April 1933 following the death of his father, Eweka II …

2022年8月8日 · Oba Akenzua II was a Minister of State in the then Western House in 1955, and a member of the Western House of Chiefs from 1959 to 1963, before the creation of Midwest Region (Bendel State). The Oba hosted the conference of Western Obas and Chiefs in August 1942, and again in 1958.

During his reign, Oba Akenzua reinstituted many social, political, and traditional practices prohibited by the British after the destruction of the royal palace and the exile of Oba Ovonramwen. In 1933, Oba Akenzua II chose S.O. Alonge to …

2016年9月23日 · transport clerk, Benin Native Authority, 1921-24;confidential secretary to his father, the Oba of Benin, 1924; installed Oba of Benin, April 5, 1933; nominated member, Western House of Assembly, 1947; later member, Legislative Council of Nigeria; member, Western Nigeria House of Chiefs, 1951; Cabinet Minister without portfolio, 1955-62; presiden...

Akenzua II was in the forefront of the creation of the Midwest State. He formed a political party for this purpose - Benin-Delta Peoples' Party in 1953. Otu-Edo was formed to defend his person against the political onslaught of the Ogboni/Action Group under the leadership of Eguobase Gaius Obaseki, the ninth child of Agho Obaseki.

2024年7月20日 · Oba Akenzua II, the thirty-seventh Oba of Benin, reigned for 36 years after the fall of the old Benin Empire from 1933 until his death in 1978. His contributions in revamping Benin after its fall are worth mentioning. His era witnessed intellectual, cultural, social and economic development.

The king, Akenzua II (1899-1978), known as the Oba, ruled from 1932 until his death. He asked Lord Plymouth if he could help him recover two throne stools, which had been confiscated during the British punitive expedition.

Ọmọ n’Ọba n’Ẹdo Uku Akpọlọkpọlọ, Akenzua II (7 January 1899 – 11 June 1978) was the thirty-seventh Oba of Benin reigning from 1933 until his death in 1978. Akenzua II was enthroned as Oba of Benin in April 1933 following the death of his father, Eweka II …

2024年7月30日 · Oba Akenzua II ascended the throne in 1933, inheriting a kingdom grappling with the dual pressures of colonial rule and the internal need for modernization. His reign began when traditional institutions were under threat, and he faced the challenge of preserving the kingdom’s cultural identity while navigating the complexities of British ...

The king, like his father, Oba Erediauwa, and grand father Oba Akenzua II, is at the forefront of the campaign for the recovery and reconstruction of the historical heritage of this great African kingdom as well as the repatriation and restitution of all curtural artefacts looted from the royal treasury and from all parts of Benin during the ...