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Here, the 16th Century bust (brass and bronze) of an Oba, king, of the Benin Empire. The Edo people of Benin are descendants of an ancient warrior kingdom known as Igodomigodo, which existed as early as 350 B.C. During the Igodomigodo Kingdom era, the Edo were ruled by Ogisos, ‘kings of the sky.’ Following the death of the last Ogiso, the Igodomigodo chiefs experienced political and social instab

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