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See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Hintona(f): 11:56am On Oct 31, 2021 |
"Great Benin, where the king resides, is larger than Lisbon; all the streets run straight and as far as the eye can see. The houses are large, especially that of the king, which is richly decorated and has fine columns. The city is wealthy and industrious. It is so well governed that theft is unknown and the people live in such security that they have no doors to their houses." 13 Likes 6 Shares
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Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by kettykin: 11:59am On Oct 31, 2021 |
Today,the same Great Benin under one Nigeria has been reduced to a collection of unviable local government areas, with decrepit roads, buildings in need of repair and herdsmen and yahoo yahoo making life unbearable. Tufiakwa!!!? 33 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Hintona(f): 12:06pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
kettykin: Some people argued that he described Dahomey. 6 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by kettykin: 12:22pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Hintona: Benin republic is not same as Benin City, the Portuguese had dealings with Benin City before Nigeria came in to being 22 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by jom28gy(m): 12:25pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Benin, is no longer what it was 3 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by dawnomike(m): 12:29pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
The world has changed...b if only he could get to see the same Benin now and get to describe it in words 1 Like |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by MajesticKris: 12:55pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Well i Guess Now it should be..... Great Benin, where the king resides, is larger than Lisbon; all the streets run straight and as far as the eye can see. The houses are large, especially that of the king, which is richly decorated and has fine columns. The city is wealthy and industrious. It is so well governed.But Now in the 21st century; theft is known and the people live in such Fear that they Add More Doors, For Easy escape to their houses." 2 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Hintona(f): 1:02pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
kettykin: True. The name Benin is paying homage to Benin city in present day Nigeria. 2 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by ScamHunter: 1:07pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Hintona: Is Dahomey the same as Benin? Benin Republic was unknown to Portuguese explorers as a political entity. 4 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Nobody: 1:25pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Great Benin I'm Yoruba but I love Benin history, God knows if it wasn't British Invasion, Benin would be far larger and greater than this. Oba gha phere hope I get am? 8 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Christistruth00: 1:26pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
jom28gy: Benin has gone Backwards the city that knew no theft and had no doors has now also produced the most famous armed Robber of them all , Lawrence Anini who singlehandedly put his Region into Lockdown 3 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by MikkieEl: 1:35pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
How are the mighty fallen??! |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by fourboys: 1:47pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by gidgiddy: 1:54pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Benin city and the Bini empire have become irrelevant The city of Enugu was founded in 1903. The city of Portharcourt was founded in 1912 Both the city of Enugu and Portharcourt are now miles ahead of Benin city that has been in existence since 1691 14 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Hintona(f): 2:11pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
ScamHunter: No it isn't. Dahomey is Benin Republic not Benin city. Dahomey wasn't known as Benin Republic until the 1990s. It was named Benin in memory of the great Benin kingdom in Nigeria. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Onyenna(m): 2:36pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Ike gwuru..... 1 Like |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by mightyhaze: 3:14pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Naizooria happened to it... |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by bjdon: 3:30pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
SlyDev: Greetings my Yoruba brother. Our 2 cultures are linked in history. May there always be mutual respect and affection between the Edo's and Yoruba 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Lordbinsmar: 3:36pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by cassidy1996(m): 3:56pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Amazing 1 Like |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by valirex: 4:12pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Great Benin. Ọba gha tọ 'kpere isẹ 1 Like |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by EraseTheDot: 4:22pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Hintona: https://www.nairaland.com/6828730/word-love-not-igbo-vocabulary - erase the dot 3 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by valirex: 4:25pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Christistruth00: Just like every part of Nigeria has gone backwards. So think before you type, Nigeria as a whole is backwards thanks to the government or did you hear that Benin is independent and yet not able to return to glory? 2 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Benwallt(m): 4:52pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Obaseki is bringing the old glory back gradually |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Christistruth00: 4:56pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
valirex: Anini was the King of Armed Robbers in 1986 when Nigeria was still doing well and £1 was N5 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by DMerciful(m): 5:05pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Yet you insist on one Nigeria that has held every nationality down except Fulanis. Even the hausas are not spared! valirex: |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by valirex: 5:29pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
DMerciful: We don't. An average Benin man is not interested in Nigeria, visit this thread: https://www.nairaland.com/6828943/benin-kingdom-disassociate-fake-maps 1 Like |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by valirex: 5:30pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
Christistruth00: And heard at that time Benin was allowed to fully rule itself? Did you hear of an Anini before colonial era? |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by DMerciful(m): 5:38pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
You chose not to be honest with yourself. There's currently no agitation from Benin to have their in country or even restructure Nigeria to a confederation. Show me evidence of a key Benin elite advocating for these. valirex: |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by valirex: 5:41pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
DMerciful: Do you just choose to be ignorant? I shared you a link and common sense would have made you to click on it which leads to a page and in that page is another link to a Facebook page where you can watch a video of a group. If that isn't enough for you that doesn't concern the Ẹdo nation, we are not interested in your Oduduwa or Biafra. Let's face our individual lands 2 Likes |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by SpecialAdviser(m): 5:44pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
What Fulani Nigeria destroyed is uncountable. People who don't know history and who don't know what one Nigeria took from them will always blindly troll Nnamdi Kanu. At that time Benin was well established, nobody knew anything about Abuja. Today, Abuja is far ahead of Benin. In fact Benin has become a ghost of its own with many other Nigerian cities fairing better than it. It all boil that to a poor lunatic government we have in Nigeria. Shame |
Re: See How A Portuguese Captain Described The City Of Benin In 1691 (photo) by Allsouls: 5:48pm On Oct 31, 2021 |
The same Britain introduce thief to benin by steal artifacts, even donate bronze cock to Jesus college. Britain are evil. 3 Likes |
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