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  - 79 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
five great English firms in the Opobo are doing an immense trade. Oko Jumbo...were still in Bonny were to be returned to Opobo. 51 Most of them, for example Warriso...Goodhead, had already made their way to Opobo, the most important remaining ones were...
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The Man-Leopard Murders: History and Society in Colonial Nigeria
Book by David Pratten; Edinburgh University Press, 2007
Subjects: Anang (African People)--Nigeria, Southern, Murder--Investigation--Nigeria, Southern, Nigeria, Southern--Social Conditions, Nigeria--History--1900-1960
113. DO Opobo to Resident, Calabar, 17 July 1947, NAE...the petition for a fee of 30 guineas (DO Opobo to Resident, Calabar, 21 July 1947, NAE...in the Man-Leopard Areas of the Abak, Opobo and Uyo Divisions of Calabar Province...
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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
...foundation of his new kingdom and called it Opobo, after Opubu the Great, the illustrious king of Bonny. The name Opobo was chosen by Ja Ja himself. 1 It is...Thus when Ja Ja named his territory Opobo he was giving expression to the belief...
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Nigeria and Ghana
Book by John E. Flint; Prentice-Hall, 1966
Subjects: Ghana--History, Nigeria--History
...granting "free trade," but King Ja Ja of Opobo had insisted on striking out this clause...abandoned Bonny and founded the new state of Opobo with himself as king thus becoming the...slave to achieve this status in 1869. Opobo captured many of Bonnys interior palm oil...
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The Story of My Life
Book by Harry H. Johnston; Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1923
Subjects: Johnston, Harry Hamilton--Sir--1858-1927
if he were sentenced to be exiled from Opobo to Accra he would be quite content, being...other business to attend, I went back to Opobo and Old Calabar. I returned to the Gold...therefore deposed, and no succeeding chief of Opobo was to be elected; Jaja was further sentenced...
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journal articles on: Opobo  - 17 results

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Jaja and Nana in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Proto-nationalists or Emergent Capitalists
Journal article by Kemi Rotimi Phd., Olukoya Ogen Phd.; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 2, 2008
...the Niger Delta, such as King Jaja of Opobo and Governor Nana Olomu of Itsekiri have...The Business Exploits of King Jaja of Opobo Jubo Jubogba, also known as Jo Jo Ubam by the Igbo and as Jaja of Opobo, first, by the Europeans and later by...
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The Role of N.c. Ejituwu in the Development of Niger Delta Historiography
Journal article by John H. Enemugwem, Darlington K. Okere; History In Africa, Vol. 35, 2008
...second day the concourse took a boat ride to Opobo Town on a courtesy call on King Dandeson...innovations and inventions emanate. Four Opobo scholars, Dr. S. O. S. Jaja, Professors...Bobo Sofiri Brown, presented papers on Opobo settlement history, environment, and...
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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...1932. `Intelligence Report on Ogoni. Opobo Division, Calabar Province, 1932. NAE...1931. `Intelligence Report on Eleme. Opobo Division, Calabar Province, 1931. File...
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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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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
...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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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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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
...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...
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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...
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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...
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The Orchestral Works of Samuel Akpabot, a Nigerian Composer-ethnomusicologist
Magazine article by Godwin Sadoh; Musical Times, Vol. 151, Winter 2010
Subjects: African music, Classical music, Colleges & universities, Musical performances, Royal College of Music
...Laudamus, for SATB and organ (1975) Verba Christi, cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra, op. 12 (1975) OPERA JaJa of Opobo, operetta in Efik, Igbo, and English (1972) ORCHESTRAL Scenes from Nigeria, for orchestra, op.1 (1960) Overture for...
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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
...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...has fishing and boatbuilding industries. Opobo was founded in 1869 by a group of immigrants...middleman in the palm oil trade with Europeans. Opobo prospered, but Jaja antagonized the Europeans...
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Nigeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...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...
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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...


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