OPOBO

ōpōˈbō, town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta. It is a palm-oil collection center and has fishing and boatbuilding industries. Opobo was founded in 1869 by a group of immigrants from nearby Bonny led by Jaja, a middleman in the palm oil trade with Europeans. Opobo prospered, but Jaja antagonized the Europeans by hampering their trade. Jaja was deported by the British in 1887, after which Opobo declined.

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books on: Opobo  - 78 results

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The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria
Book by G. I. Jones; Published for the International African, 1964
Subjects: Eastern Region Of Nigeria--History
...107 King Opobo 107...For example, the great bell of King Opobo, King Okiya of Nembes larger than life...villages and plantations 10,226 Opobo Town, affiliated villages and plantations...
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Eminent Nigerians of the Nineteenth Century: A Series of Studies Originally Broadcast by the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation
Book; 1960
Subjects: Nigeria--Biography, Nigeria--History
...Dike JAJA OF OPOBO , 17 by J. C. Anene...Dappa Pepple of Bonny, and King Jaja of Opobo, perhaps the greatest Ibo man of the nineteenth...Kosoko, king of Lagos, Jaja, king of Opobo, King William Dappa Pepple of Bonny...
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Trade and Politics in the Niger Delta, 1830-1885: An Introduction to the Economic and Political History of Nigeria
Book by K. Onwuka Dike; Clarendon Press, 1956
Subjects: Nigeria--Economic Conditions, Nigeria--Politics And Government
...APPENDIX C. BRITISH TREATY WITH OPOBO, 4 JANUARY 1873 223...this movement of populations continued. Opobo, the main centre of trade and politics...of the city-states--to Bonny, Okrika, Opobo, and to a certain extent influenced the...
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The Road to ABA: A Study of British Administrative Policy in Eastern Nigeria
Book by Harry A. Gailey; New York University Press, 1970
Subjects: Nigeria, Eastern--Politics And Government
...Ibibio in Uyo, Itu, Ikot-Ekpene, and Opobo Divisions of Calabar Province. 10 The...period was the rise of King Jajas power at Opobo and the subsequent negation of Bonny...Andoni country and established the town of Opobo. From there he could cut Bonnys supply...
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West African Studies
Book by Mary H. Kingsley; Macmillan, 1899
Subjects: Africa, West
...KACONGO " 423 BUBIES OF FERNANDO PO " 423 JA JA, KING OF OPOBO " 443 JA JA MAKING JU JU " 540 WEST AFRICAN STUDIES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY...
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journal articles on: Opobo  - 11 results

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Property Reckoning and Methods of Accumulating Wealth among the Ogoni of the Eastern Niger Delta
Journal article by Sonpie K. Tonwe; Africa, Vol. 67, 1997
Subjects: Agriculture--Economic aspects, Eastern Nigeria--Economic aspects, Indigenous peoples--Niger
...Ikwerre, Kalabari, Bonny, Nembe, Gokana, Opobo, Andoni, Calabar, Oron, Duala, Tiko, etc...J. 1932. `Intelligence Report on Ogoni. Opobo Division, Calabar Province, 1932. NAE File...G. 1931. `Intelligence Report on Eleme. Opobo Division, Calabar Province, 1931. File...
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Fotofieber, Bilder Aus Westund Zentralafrika: Die Reisen Von Carl Passavant 1883-1885
Journal article by Christraud M. Geary; African Arts, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Fotofieber, Bilder aus Westund Zentralafrika: Die Reisen von Carl Passavant 1883-1885 (Book)--Book reviews
...Sache. Selbstdarstellung und lokale Aneignung der Fotografie in Bonny and Opobo" Advertising Oneself: Self Representation and Local Appropriation of Photography in Bonny and Opobo Anderson and Aronson examine a set of photographs taken of several important...
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Causes of Inequalities in Educational Development among Nationalities in Nigeria
Journal article by Raymond O. A Aluede, Lawrence I. Aguele, Oyaziwo Aluede; Educational Research Quarterly, Vol. 26, 2003
Subjects: Conflicts of interest, Education, Inequality, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Nigeria, Progress
...Nigeria which became a satellite town of the missionaries, was educationally advantaged, while Opobo, her neighbour was educationally disadvantaged. Opobo was the seat of government of King Jaja who fervently opposed the missionaries and blockaded...
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Transport and Liquor in Colonial Nigeria
Journal article by Simon Heap; The Journal of Transport History, Vol. 21, 2000
...shillings per ton.32 Nigerian liquor shipments landed at the ports of Lagos, Koko, Sapele, Warri, Burutu, Degema, Port Harcourt, Opobo, Calabar, Victoria and Tiko. At the points of import, only a dozen or so firms handled the trade, including the African Association...
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Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta
Journal article by Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie; African Arts, Vol. 36, 2003
...influence; thus their resistance. The historical record is littered with the subjugated bodies of those great rulers: King Jaja of Opobo, King Nana of Itsekiri Koko, and, most scandalously, Oba Ovortramwen of the Edo kingdom of Benin. The ensuing disruption of...
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Guns and Justice in the Niger Delta
Magazine article by Ike Oguine; New Internationalist, September 2007
Subjects: Ethnic groups--Economic aspects, Ethnic groups--Social aspects, Niger Delta--Military aspects, Niger Delta--Social aspects, Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970--Economic aspects, Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970--Social aspects, Petroleum industry--Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry--Social aspects
...backed by the imperial government) to seize control of the trade in palm oil and other produce. Communities like the Nembe, Opobo and Akassa were attacked by British gunboats and their chiefs deposed and exiled. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED In the mid-1960s, Isaac...
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Healing the Wounds of Slavery: A Large Crowd of Historians, Diplomats, Community Leaders and Dignitaries from All Walks of Life, Descended on the City of Liverpool in the UK from 21-23 August to Commemorate Slavery Day and Remember the Suffering Endured by Enslaved Africans, While Celebrating the Resistance of Others to Enslavement. Mercy Eze Witnessed the Event
Magazine article by Mercy Eze; New African, October 2009
Subjects: Anniversaries--Management, Liverpool, England--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Slave culture--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Social reform--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...a revolt of 50 slaves in 1839 and took control of a Spanish ship called Amistad and tried to sail it to Africa, King Jaja of Opobo, King Cudjoe, the leader of the Jamaican Maroons, and many others. Special mention was also made of the significant role that...
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Capitalism as a World Economy
Magazine article by Huck Gutman; Monthly Review, Vol. 55, September 2003
Subjects: Capitalism--Influence, Imperialism--Analysis, Imperialism--Economic aspects, Magdoff, Harry--Interviews
...specific African tribes, coalitions, and kingdoms which fought the intruding powers--the Ashantis, the Fanti Confederation, the Opobo Kingdom, the Fulani, the Tauregs, the Mandingos, and so on. The Encyclopedia Britannica editors at first didnt want to publish...
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A Rich History, a Promising Future: Rivers State, at the Heart of Nigeria's Oil-Rich Niger Delta, Is Building a Prosperous Future Based on Its Illustrious History
Magazine article; New African, August 2006
Subjects: Economic development--Forecasts and trends, Economic development--Nigeria, Rivers, Nigeria--Economic aspects, Rivers, Nigeria--History
...industrial revolution, was concentrated in this part of the region. The famous trading towns of Bonny, Abonnema, Degema and Opobo are found here, and although the equally important historical trading ports of Brass and Akassa are now located in the nearby...
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Niger Delta: The True Story
Magazine article by Lindsay Barrett; New African, January 2008
Subjects: Ijo (African people)--Political activity, International trade, Nigeria--Economic aspects, Nigeria--Natural resources, Nigeria--Social policy, Nigerian history, Petroleum industry--Influence
...intercourse and migration over centuries have ensured that many subgroups such as the Okrika, Kalabari, Ibani (of Bonny and Opobo), Engenni in Rivers State, and the Nembe, Ogbia, Epie, Atissa and elements of Engenni in Bayelsa State, have developed autonomous...


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Fairytales Really Can Come True; It's Liverpool's Own Fairytale about How a Beautiful Little Girl from a Comprehensive School Became a Princess in a Distant Land. David Charters Reports
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 21, 2008
...mangrove swaps of Nigeria, where he is King of Opobo, an important coastal town. Once there...generation of the family to be king or chief of Opobo. The way their system works, there are...dignity, integrity and respect KINGS of Opobo, like their forebears in ancient times...


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encyclopedia articles on: Opobo  - 3 results

 
 
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Opobo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
OPOBO opo bo, town, SE Nigeria, in the Niger River delta. It...collection center and has fishing and boatbuilding industries. Opobo was founded in 1869 by a group of immigrants from nearby...Jaja , a middleman in the palm oil trade with Europeans. Opobo prospered, but Jaja antagonized the Europeans by hampering...
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Jaja
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Bonny in the 1860s as a middleman between the coastal markets and the Nigerian interior. In 1869 he founded his own state at Opobo on the Gulf of Guinea. From there he controlled supplies of palm oil and opposed the efforts of British firms to penetrate the...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...treaties (as in the Lagos hinterland) and partly by using force (as at Benin in 1897). Jaja , a leading African trader based at Opobo in the Niger delta and strongly opposed to European competition, was captured in 1887 and deported. Goldies firm, given (1886...


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