Below are pictures of:
* The Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Akenzua II (reign 1933–78), the Oba [king] of Benin, three years after assuming the throne.

and

* Queen Ohan Akenzua, royal wife of Oba Akenzua II (Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo).

Short Information

Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Akenzua II (1899-1978) was the Oba of Benin (traditional leader of the Edo people, in Nigeria) from 1933 until his death, in 1978.

Akenzua II ascended to the position upon the death of his father, Oba Eweka II, who reigned from 1914 and died in 1933.
In 1936, Oba Akenzua II began the movement to return to Nigeria the Benin Bronzes stolen in the punitive Benin Expedition of 1897. During his reign, only two of the 3,000 royal court bronzes were returned. Oba Akenzua II died in 1978, when he was succeeded by his son, then Prince Solomon, who took on the title of Oba Erediauwa[1] and carries on to this day his father's crown and duties as the traditional leader of the Edo people in Benin City, Nigeria.

cc: Lalasticlala

I so much love my state EDO. I rep Edo

Coincidentally he was immortalized in my school Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.
The name of my hostel is Oba Akenzua.

That was one nice royal couple.
See the queen rocking her natural Hair, adorned with beads and corals....... very much unlike what is obtainable in Nigeria today.

Fine man ..I want to date an Edo girl

Kagarko:
Coincidentally he was immortalized in my school Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.

The name of my hostel is Oba Akenzua.

I know that hostel, i finished from ABU.
Oba Lalasticlala of Nairaland must see this.

where was she from, ie her place of origin.

For me, the picture of Oloi Ohan answered a puzzle concerning Bini Fashion.

bokohalal:
For me, the picture of Oloi Ohan answered a puzzle concerning Bini Fashion.

What puzzle is that?

prettytasha:

Are you from Edo state?

jasssbabe:
I so much love my state EDO. I rep Edo

You resemble one already.

scholes0:
That was one nice royal couple.
See the queen rocking her natural Hair, adorned with beads and corals....... very much unlike what is obtainable in Nigeria today.

That is a wig on top her natural hair. My mother had one of those and sold them,also.

Eziokwu1:


What puzzle is that?

The shawl covering her upper body. I had always wondered if they wore a bubalike dress over the wrapper or left their shoulders uncovered everytime.

Should have been clasped with a beaded brooch to compliment the headgear.