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Opobo (ōpō`bō), town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta. It is a palm-oil collection center and has fishing and boatbuilding industries. Opobo was founded in 1869 by a group of immigrants from nearby Bonny Bonny (bŏn`ē), town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta, on the Bight of Biafra. In the 18th and 19th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. led by Jaja Jaja (jä`jə), fl. 1869–87, Nigerian merchant prince. ..... Click the link for more information. , a middleman in the palm oil trade with Europeans. Opobo prospered, but Jaja antagonized the Europeans by hampering their trade. Jaja was deported by the British in 1887, after which Opobo declined. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With the increasing demand for slaves, the Aro became the main slave dealers of the interior, exchanging slaves for imported commodities with coastal communities including Calabar, Bonny, and later Opobo (Dike and Ekejiuba 1990:118-23). The historical record is littered with the subjugated bodies of those great rulers: King Jaja of Opobo, King Nana of Itsekiri Koko, and, most scandalously, Oba Ovortramwen of the Edo kingdom of Benin. The Niger River forms the second largest--and the largest inhabited--delta in the world; in common use, the term Niger Delta refers to a broader riverain and coastal region that extends along the coast from Opobo in the east nearly to Lagos in the west (see map, p. |
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