Sunday 6 August 2023

OLOGBOSERE

Hanged by the British, at exactly 8 a.m, on June 28,1899. Ologbosere, chief of the Benin Kingdom and warrior fought a guerrilla war for 2 years. To the British he was treacherous and barbaric, but to many Edo he was symbol of resistance against the invaders. Photographed just before his execution.

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