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URHOMWẸN

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UGBẸN vbe ebemwẹn nikaro, (Ekherhe vb'Itan Ẹdo, Ọkha

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Ẹdo, Aigbedegbẹyọ kevbe A Short History of Benin ladian vbe

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1933 do se 1936, ẹvbo hia ke gha gbẹn ebe urhọmwẹn gumwẹn

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vb ehe hia gbugbẹhia. Elẹta ni miẹn ke ghi re: ihinrin-yan-

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iyisẹn (109) debae ọghẹ Nọwanrẹn L. M. Bucher ne D. O. nọ

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r' Esan (Ishan). Nọwanrẹn J. W. Thorburn (Ebo esuku nọ r'

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Ẹdo) ke gbẹn ebe esiesi ya rho mwẹn. Ọ ke vbe mu efoto nọkhua

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ọghe ogienebo. "King Gorge V" baẹre gumwẹn. 'Nebe ọna

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khin:

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MEMORANDUM

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From To

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No. B. 24/447 Mr Jacob U. Egharevba,

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Superintendent of Education Lagos Street,

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Benin City Benin City.

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January 9, 1936.

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Dear Mr Egharevba,

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Thank you for the Short History of Benin. I congratulate you

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on a most interesting and useful production. I regret the Benin

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vocabulary was not acknowledged previously.

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J. W. Thorburn

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Superintendant of Education

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Benin province.

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I am sending you a portrait of His Majesty the King.

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Nọwanrẹn J. W. Thorburn ke ghi y' iyi na gha lo ebemwẹn

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(Ọkha Ẹdo kevbe A Short History of Benin) vbe esuku hia fẹfẹfẹ ni

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r' Ẹdo: a na gele gha lo ẹre rhin-rin-rin zẹ vbe nọ khare.

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Vbe 1946, eriọ a vbe gbẹn ebe nibun k'ehe hia gunmwẹn ya

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rhomwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse vb' ebemwẹn Benin Law and Custom

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kevbe Concise Lives of the Famous Iyases of Benin ladian.

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Ke July 11 1933 gha de, ehe hia a na tiemwẹn ni do gha ma

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mwan hia emwin. A tiemwẹn vb' Edo College, C.M.S. School,

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kevbe Esuku nibun hia, ibiba Benin Museum ni na mobọ ira

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ivbi-esuku ughunghan hia kevbe emwan ọvbehe ni k' ehe

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ughunghan re vbe: 'Nigeria, Europe, Asia, Australia, America,

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Africa ra, ehe hia vb' otọ agbọn na' emwin. Urhọmwẹn na

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rhọmwẹn y' ebe ọrhiọvbe (visitors' book) vbe musuem gba gbe

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ra, ọyunu-a nọ vbekpae emwin ni ma ivbi-esuku kevbe emwan

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kẹkan re. A gha ye masini gbọn-ẹn, ọ gha se ititi ebe ọkpa levba-

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sevba, ọgha vbe rhiẹnrhiẹn gbe na tie.

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Vbọ rhirhi gha ye hẹ, ovbi-mwẹn nọ do gha gbẹn itan ẹdẹ

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agbọn-mwẹn na y' otọ zẹ vbe n' iran ni re University mwan-

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mwan-ẹn, eriọ rhie obọ rhie owẹ lele. Eko-rhiẹnrhiẹnmwẹn

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ọre ọ ya gha ruẹe. Ọ ke vbe rhọ mwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse rhunmwund'

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emwanmwan ni mwanmwan-ẹn vb' iwina ebe na.

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Ọbo Hans Melzian gbẹn ebe y' iyẹn ya rhomwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse.

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Ọ ke tian ebemwẹn Ekherhe vb' itan Ẹdo kevbe Ọkha Ẹdo, gh' iran .

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ke n' emwin-esi hia vbe 1937.

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Edo hia gbẹn ebe ya rhomwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse wẹ, ebemwẹn

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hia ma gbe vb' emwanta kevbe ewaẹn vbe 1937.

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Vbe February 1939, i ye Sapele ya tue ọmwọn-rhọ I. T.

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Palmer. Ọ ke mu ọghọ yọmwẹn egbe ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse. Ma gba t'

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ẹmwẹn ni rhiẹnrhiẹn nibun hia, o ke rhomwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse

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rhunmwunda, uyinmwẹn esi-mwẹn kevbe ẹmwẹn n' unu-mwẹn;

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kevbe wẹ, ewaẹnmwẹn gba gbe. Ọ ke nerhunmwun wẹ, n'

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Osa gie Ọba Ẹdo (Akenzua II) sẹtin gha y' ude mwẹn ru emwin.

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Ugbẹn vbi ghi die owa, ọ ke sunwẹn k' egedege s' otọ, ọre ọ

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na khama-mwẹn we, rhunmwund' uyimw'esi mwẹn kevbe

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ẹmwẹn n' unu-mwẹn nọ rhiẹnrhiẹn, ọre iren na y'ọgọ Ewisky

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y'ọghọ me zẹ vbe n' irẹn gha rie n' Ọni nọ r' Ife kevbe Alake

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nọ r' Abẹokuta. Ọre ọ na somwẹn obọ; ọ ke gb' okhiẹn-dehia

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mẹ. I ke ghi kakabọ rhie ẹkpọmwẹn nẹ-ẹn. I ke vbe ye UAC

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sawmill, Manager kevbe emwan ni wina vbe vba hia ke ghi

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rhọmwẹn ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse. Emwan ni wina vb' evba ẹghẹ ni ke

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ghi r' Iyisẹn-yan-aria-ẹha (700).

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Nọwanrẹn K. C. Murray gbẹn ebe y' ebe iyẹn ya rhọnmwẹn.

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Ọ ke vbe tian ebemwẹn hia ẹsẹsẹmwẹnse vbe 1946.

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Ọbo R. E. Bradbury vbe gbẹn ebe y' ebe iyẹn ya rhonmwẹn

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vbe 1954. Ọ ke vbe tian ebemwen hia, ibiba A Short History of

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Benin.

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Ọbo K. O. Dike no ghi re principal vbe University Ibadan

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na, ke rhomwẹn ma oba, ekhaẹmwẹn kevbe emwan n' Ẹdo hia

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vbe Conference Hall Janunry 21 1957 rhunmwund' ebe ni gbẹn

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hia, ibiba A Short History of Benin kevbe emwanmwan ẹghẹ n'

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okaro, n' ogieva kevbe n' ogieha ọghe ariọba Ẹdo ni mwanmwan

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yọ. Ọ wẹ, ẹwaẹnmwẹn gba gbe.

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Vb' iran ya ko vb' Enugu vbe 1960, ivbi-otu itan Nigeria ke

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gbẹn ebe ya rhomwẹn rhunmwund' ebe ni gbẹn hia, ibiba vbe

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kpae Ẹdo.

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Ọbo Nnamdi Azikiwe nọ re president ọghe Nigerian Repub-

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lic na vbe rhomwẹn ẹsẹsẹnwẹnse ma Ọba, ikhaẹnwẹm kevbe

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emwan n' Ẹdo hia vbe Conference Hall vbe May 2 1963 rhun-

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mwund' ebe ni gbẹn hia ni ma na gie emwin Ẹdo wi. Ọ khare

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wẹ, ehe n' irẹn sẹ hia vbẹ Europe kevbe Amerika (America)

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ọre irẹn na miẹn avbe ebemwẹn vbe University. Ọ wẹ, ọ kere na

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samwẹn y' ama erọnmwọn ọghe ayere ẹdẹdẹmwẹndẹ, ebemwẹn

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hia ke ghi r' ukpa n' emwan hia ya dẹghẹ kevbẹ iwina-esi ni

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wina n' Ẹdo.

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Nọwanrẹn C. Akuegbo ke kakabọ gbẹn ebe y' ebe iyẹn ya

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rhomwẹn vbe September 8 1964 wẹ, ọkhaemwin-sẹ nọkhua

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na rhie ọghọ na mẹ khin vbekpae itan Ẹdo, kevbe ni kẹre.

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