Opobo definition of Opobo in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

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 , town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta, on the Bight of Biafra. In the 18th and 19th cent., Bonny was the center of a powerful trading state, and in the 19th cent. it became the leading site for slave exportation in W Africa.
..... Click the link for more information. led by Jaja Jaja , fl. 1869–87, Nigerian merchant prince. A former slave, he became an important trader in Bonny in the 1860s as a middleman between the coastal markets and the Nigerian interior. In 1869 he founded his own state at Opobo on the Gulf of Guinea.
..... 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.

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found	The gathering on 23 August praised the bravery of African men and women who resisted, such as Queen Nzinga, King Affonso I, Joseph Cinquez, who led a revolt of 50 slaves in 1839 and took control of a Spanish ship called Amistad and tried to sail it to Africa, King Jaja of Opobo, King Cudjoe, the leader of the Jamaican Maroons, and many others. Healing the wounds of slavery: a large crowd of historians, ... by Eze, Mercy / New African He is the 10th generation of the family to be king or chief of Opobo. Fairytales really can come true; It's Liverpool's own fairytale about ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Communities like the Nembe, Opobo and Akassa were attacked by British gunboats and their chiefs deposed and exiled. Guns and justice in the Niger Delta by Oguine, Ike / New Internationalist	opisthocranion Opisthodome opisthodomos opisthodomus opisthognathous opisthonephros Opisthopora Opisthorchiasis opisthotic opisthotonus Opitz, Martin Opium opium of the people opium poppy Opium War of 1840–42 Opium War of 1856–60 Opium Wars Opiz, Philipp Maximilian Opiz, Philipp Maximilián Opiza Opizari Oplismenus OPM OPML OPNG Opobo Opochka Opoka Opole Opole Wojewodztwo Opole Województwo Opolia Opomyzidae Opopanax Oporto Oposhnia opossum Opotherapy OPP Oppeln Oppen, George Oppenauer oxidation Oppenheim's disease Oppenheim, James Oppenheimer Oppenheimer, J Robert Oppenheimer, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Jane M. Oppenheimer, Josef Süss Oppenheimer-Phillips reaction Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit	OPNET Opnet Certified Network Planning Professional Opnext, Inc. OPNG OPNH Opnieuw Verbeterde Holle OPNL OPNM OPNML OPNMR OPNOTE OPNP OPNPA OPNS OPNV ÖPNV OPNZ Opo opo- OPOA OPOAA OPOB Opobalsam Opobalsamum Opobo OPOC OPOCE opocephalus Opochka OPOD Opodeldoc opodidymus OPODIS OPOE OPOET OPOH opoka Opol Opolchenie Opole Opole Opole Wojewodztwo Opole Województwo Opolia Opolska Regionalna Organizacja Turystyczna Opolski Klub Motocykli Dawnych Opolski Osrodek Doradztwa Rolniczego Opolski Serwis Obrotu Nieruchomosciami Opolskie Centrum Demokracji Lokalnej Opolskie Przedsiebiorstwo Innowacyjno Wdrozeniowe

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Encyclopedia browser

Full browser

No references found

The gathering on 23 August praised the bravery of African men and women who resisted, such as Queen Nzinga, King Affonso I, Joseph Cinquez, who led a revolt of 50 slaves in 1839 and took control of a Spanish ship called Amistad and tried to sail it to Africa, King Jaja of Opobo, King Cudjoe, the leader of the Jamaican Maroons, and many others.

Healing the wounds of slavery: a large crowd of historians, ... by Eze, Mercy / New African

He is the 10th generation of the family to be king or chief of Opobo.

Fairytales really can come true; It's Liverpool's own fairytale about ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Communities like the Nembe, Opobo and Akassa were attacked by British gunboats and their chiefs deposed and exiled.

Guns and justice in the Niger Delta by Oguine, Ike / New Internationalist