BENIN KINGDOM – LAST KING, OBA – Circa 1900
The Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler of the Edo people and all Edoid people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire – a West African empire centered on Benin City, in modern-day Nigeria. The ancient Benin homeland has been and continues to be mostly populated by the Edo (also known as the Bini or Benin ethnic group).
