Africanna Studies : Yoruba , Oyo , & Dahomey Empires
What was the Ancient Capital of Dahomey ?
Agbome
The titulary for the Yoruba King of the Oyo Empire on the 16th Century C.E.
Alafin
What aftermath of the Second Franco-Dahomean war ( 1892 - 1894 A.D.) occurred?
France 's 🇫🇷 conquest & colonization of Dahomey.
Around the 19th Century C.E. , there was a substantial shift on Dahomey's commerce . Their once Human Chattelism was bolstered and later supplanted by this venture. Dahomey became a Major supplier of this venture in 1800s as an atonement for their antecedent history of Human enslavement with Europe 🇪🇺.
Palm 🌴 Oil Production
Who became the installed King that reigned from 1645 A.D. to 1685 A.D.? He organized Dahomey into a powerful Centralized State .
King Houegbadja
The Oyo Empire King Agadja reigned from 1708 A.D. to 1740 A.D. Given his antithetical view of the Transatlantic Slave Trade , he envisioned the stunning loss of African manpower on Continental Africa. He advocated for Domestic enslavement for the Palm Oil industry . Yet , the callous European pressured its demand for African Human Chattles as cargoes . Agadja then imposed taxation and impost for each slave head . How did the European pay the commercial tax ?
Cowrie Shells
This primordial Empire evolved as the first political entity in Yoruba History. Oni Oduduwa became the founder of this Medieval Empire that endured for 2 Centuries ( 1200 A.D. - 1420 A.D. ) . Yoruba was the primary linguistics spoken . Ile Ife , the Capital , thrived as an urbanized enclave . The worshippers observed Yoruban Isese . The Empire immediate successors in sequential order were the Oyo Empire & Benin Kingdom .
Ife Empire
Oyo Empire vanquished and conquered Dahomey . King Agadja ordered for this defeated state to pay tribute to whom ?
Oyo Empire
King Houegbadja of the 17th Century Dahomey made a declaration 📜 of land ownership . He imposed taxation on the defense . As a way to neutralize all of the Village Chief's input , he installed a new system . In Law , it is deconstructed as the right of the eldest son to inherit the estate of one or both parents . The Latin Etymology is "... primogenitura... "
Promogeniture
Around the 1720s , Dahomey staged several territorial conquests of the two slaveholding states . These land acquisitions expanded Dahomey's bastion in human trafficking and human chattel Mercantilism with the European . This strengthened its access to the Slave Coast . What were those 2 conquered territories called ?
Whydad & Allada
In the Early 17th Century C.E , there was a Northward migration of the Aja interstices of the Allada Kingdom to the Fo people's settlement. Years later , Aja proclaimed and heralded their political power and established Agbome as the Capital . What Kingdom did they create ?
Kingdom of Dahomey
Agbome was an Ancient African Capital of What African Empire ?
Dahomey
Around 1720 A.D. , Dahomey staged several territorial conquests of two slaveholding African States : Whydad & Allada. This fortified Dahomey's bastion in Human Trafficking and Human Chattel Mercantilism with Europe 🇪🇺. Dahomey had an ugly access to the Slave Coast , which transformed as a __?__ , a Swahili term for the Tragedy of the African Slavery . Fill in the blank.
Maafa
This political infrastructure is distinguihable from Hereditary Monarchy that draws upon the transference of power via familial inheritance . This system of governance has no heir coronation and enthronation . The selection of the Elected Monarch is based upon such criteria as candidate qualification and the electoral process . The Elected Monarch governs his subjects and jurisdiction
Elective Monarchy
In the Early 17th Century C.E , there was a Northward migration of the Aja interstices of the Allada Kingdom to the Fon people settlement. Several years later , the Aja proclaimed and heralded their political power by this Kingdom and named its Ancient Capital, "...Agbome..." What was this Kingdom?
Kingdom of Dahomey
King Agadja of Dahomey reigned from 1708 A.D. to 1740 A.D. He made an imposition of taxation on African slaves . What became the acceptable medium of excise taxes on exportable slaves ?
Cowries Shells 🐚
King Agadja of Dahomey reigned from 1708 A.D. to 1740 A.D. He made an imposition of taxation on African slaves . The Cowries Shells 🐚 became the acceptable medium of __?__ on exportable slaves .
Excise taxes
This Oyo Empire King was perturbed by the Transatlantic Slave Trade and envisioned the stunning loss of African manpower on Continental Africa. He advocated for Domestic enslavement for the Palm Oil production industry only . European averted and objurgated this King's political agenda and ruthlessly demanded for African human cargoes . In 1730 A.D. , this King vanquished Dahomey and forced its Confederation into pledging Tribute to the Oyo Empire. Name this Oyo King .
King Agadja
The Akan Kingdom predated to the 12th Century C.E. and later evolved as a conglomerated Ashante Empire well into the 16th Century C.E. The East and Central Africans prior to the Sahel settlement spoke a common and primary Linguistics of the Akan . What was it ?
Kwa
The Akan States of Kwaaman of the 16th Century C.E , collectively , operated as a domiciliary , a commerce , and a political district . It was near Lake Bosumtwe . State revenues generated from the auriferous Gold and __&__ nuts mercantilism. The Monocultivation of Nyami flouriished . It formed alliance with Denkyira as trade partners and tribute providers . This Akan State straddled between the Pra and Ofin rivers . Fill in the blank.
Kola
The Asante Empire was one of the Forest Empires & African States . This King had an unusal inheritance of remnant power as derived from the Matrilineal side of the family . The Transfer of Power emanated from the mother's social unit . The 1st installment began with Osei Kofi Tutu ( 1695 - 1717 A.D. ) . His appointed Gyaasehene superintendent the assistants in Diplomacy , mercantile trade , and military . What was the Titulary for this Ashante Empire King ?
Ashantehene
The Forest Empires of Ashante embodied two consolidated African States that spanned the today Northern Nigeria 🇳🇬, Benin 🇧🇯 , and Cameroon 🇨🇲. What were those 2 States ?
Kingdom of Bonoman & Akan States
The Spiritual realm of Deification and Religious observance has its genesis to time immemorial. The Yoruba and neighboring interstices have historically and devoutly worship these two Monotheistic religions: Islam ☪️ and Yoruba Religion. The latter is called " __?__ . This religion conjured up Animism that is associated with Yoruba songs , cultural ideologies , narratives , and African historical folklore. __?__ has been observed in Southwestern Nigeria 🇳🇬 . Its ancestral practice has root in these Yorubaland's African States : Kofi , Lagos , Ogun , Osun , Ekiti , Kware , Ondo , and Ogunquit . Fill in the blank.
Isese
There were the 13th Century C.E Akan consolidation with these major African States : the Bono states , and the Akan States of Akwamu , Akyem , and Denkyira. All solidified after What event?
Its 13th Century C.E Akan Kingdom blossomed into the Ashanti Empire when Mali 🇲🇱 experienced an ecological crisis : Desiccated soil and depleted gemstone reserve . It rose after its augmented Gold investiture.
This phenomenal and honorific titulary is emanative of the Yoruba and Bini Linguistics. Its Title of Royalty applied to the Kings of Yoruba land of the Neoteric Nigeria 🇳🇬 , Benin 🇧🇯, and Togo 🇹🇬. The exemplars of Yoruba Bearers encompassed Oba Ogunwusi of Ille Ife , Oba Aladelusi of Akure and Oba Akiolu of Lagos . As for the Bini Bearer of Royalty, this was exemplified by Oba Ewuare II . What is this Yoruba titulary called ?
Oba , the Yoruban King
This primordial Empire evolved as the first political infrastructure in the Yoruba History. Oduduwa became the founder who concentrated his jurisdictional authority over the neoteric terrain of Southwestern Nigeria 🇳🇬 , and Eastern Benin 🇧🇯. This Medieval Empire spanned 2 Centuries ( circa , 1200 A.D - 1420 A..D. ) . Linguistically , the denizens conversed in Yoruba and other multilingual dialects in the assisiduous Capital of Ille Ife , the largest urbanized enclaves. The Oba ruled under the Elective Monarchy. Religiously , they observed Yoruban Isese and Islam ☪️. Identify this Medieval Empire.
Ife Empire.
What is the tuberous Crop called Nyami ?
African yam 🍠