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King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by MayorofLagos(m): 8:19am On Sep 15, 2013 |
This is King Gezo of Dahomey in 1851 in a letter to Queen Victoria of England. This ngga is a bad , does not beat around the bush, he meant business. Inclosure 2 in No. 48. |
Re: King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by Nobody: 8:38am On Sep 15, 2013 |
Has musiwa resurrected with another moniker?? |
Re: King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by talktimi(m): 9:29am On Sep 15, 2013 |
I tell you categorically that this letter was written by Musiwa |
Re: King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by SLIDEwaxie(m): 9:42am On Sep 15, 2013 |
Musiwa oooo!!!! |
Re: King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by MayorofLagos(m): 5:31pm On Sep 15, 2013 |
Abeg make una leave egbon alone o. If musiwa wrote this you are guaranteed to find the map of Abeokuta in attachment. Look at the name of Gezo's interpreter, "Madaki", an Hausa. |
Re: King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by Nobody: 5:35pm On Sep 15, 2013 |
the letter was in pidgin isnt it the same Gezo that beheaded the messengers sent from Oyo to collect tributaries in dahomey? |
Re: King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by hitman2911: 8:32pm On Sep 15, 2013 |
What is the source of the letter. I know the Dahomean kings were sturborn but were dealt with by the Egba warriors with the support of the Briton missionaries especially Henry Townsend. The Dahomey amazons ( women warrior) actually came close to Abeokuta but were massacred twice. They moved across the present Yewa and Anago regions in Benin Republic with ultimate goal of invading the Egbas. They did not know that unified Egba of Abeokuta was not the old scattered Egbas. |
Re: King Gezo To Queen Victoria Regarding Abeokuta. by MayorofLagos(m): 9:03pm On Sep 15, 2013 |
hitman2911: What is the source of the letter. Yes, Egba defeated Dahomey in the wars. This was a part of numerous letters in British archives. |
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