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.

The King of Dahomey to Her Majesty Queen Victoria. September 7, 1851.

THE King of Dahomey gives his best compliments to the Queen of England, and thanks her very much for sending me to his country; he has seen me and likes me too much. The same way he send he like, and same way the King of Dahomey will send messenger to Queen of England, by-and-bye.

The King says that the palaver that the Queen of England send him about no block Abbeokuta, he hear the King of Abbeokuta (Foolaka*) was the King's friend before; that Foolaka send him children to the King of Dahomey, and say Go block one country for him (called Keada), and the King block that country for him. If Foolaka live, he, the King of Dahomey, block Keada; and if he dies, he can block for him; because the King of Dahomey block Keada for Foolaka.

The Abbeokutians go block two countries for Dahomey, King side (one is called Ba-gee and* Is now dead.the other To-soo); the Abbeokuta people catch all the Cabooceers, for those countries, and cut the head for all. The above is the reason the King of Dahomey get vexed with Abbeokuta; he pass forty-five peoples' countries before he come to Abbeokuta, and as he passed, he give 20,000 men for one of these countries, and also leaving some men in each of the other countries as he passed; is the reason he no block Abbeokuta properly.

The reason he block Abbeokuta again is, that last time the Abbeokuta people catch and kill plenty of his men and also his wives, and keep them to make them their own wives.The King says myself have live this country, by-and-bye mc and him can settle the slave palaver.

his(Signed) MAYO Xmark.

P. S.—The King say, anything belonging to the Queen of England live at Abbeokuta; he can see every one in his own hand.The King say this black man kill this white man (Gee, at Badagry); if the Queen of England send to him, he can block his place; he no like black man for kill white man for any way.

The witnesses to the above were Yavogan, Narwhey, and two others from the King, Madaki being interpreter. (Signed) LOUIS FRASER, Her Majesty's Vice-Consul for the Kingdom of Dahomey. Whydah, September 9, 1851.

Has musiwa resurrected with another moniker??

I tell you categorically that this letter was written by Musiwa

Musiwa oooo!!!!

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.

the letter was in pidgin
isnt it the same Gezo that beheaded the messengers sent from Oyo to collect tributaries in dahomey?

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.

hitman2911: 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.

Yes, Egba defeated Dahomey in the wars. This was a part of numerous letters in British archives.