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	• The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family: The Urhobo Ruling Clan of Okpe Kingdom Joseph O Asagba iUniverse, Inc., 2005 - 306 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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Superb Work

The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family is a book that describes the slave trade,slavery and wars in a royal kingdom of Africa.The author Dr. Asagba describes the war battle between two powerful African Chiefs Ojegba of Urhobo-Okpe and Olomu of ltsekiri in 1870 in regard to slave raiding in the Urhobo hinterland.And how Ojegba raided Olomu's trading canoes and freed the slaves.The author has written a remarkable history of his family that will takes the readers on a journey of a very rich Africa's past.This book is an essential reading for anyone also seeking insight into the early 20th century democratic system of government by an African monarch and the wonderful work and duty of HRM Esezi ll for his remarkable character and courage toward a constitutional monarchy of Okpe Kingdom.And the Untold stories of the royal members who were feminists that campaigned for womens rights to participate in the all-male council of Elders.The book also covered a brief history of the Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 and how the war caused postponement of the successor to the Okpe king HRM Esezi ll.A very rich book on the slave trade,slavery,wars and freedom in an African Kingdom of Okpe.

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Fascinating And Perfect for a Motion Picture

l have just finished reading The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family and this is a fascinating account of a royal family stories and events that will blow a readers mind.Not since Alex Haleys novel and roots was released years ago that another interesting book about the slave trade and slavery now come along.This is a history on a high scale,crucial to the story as it was to history is a child born to the daughter of Orholor,an African Chief and was revealed to have been fathered by Akeh a slave who was a favored member of the chief's household.The slave was burned alive by the chief for impregnating his daughter Princess Umerikube.This child was named Abeke by the chief and grows up in the royal household but was considered a son of a slave.What is remarkable about Dr.Asagba's undertaking is that this book is about a journey of discovery and a never-before told story of how Africans treated thier slaves during the slavery era.This is a very powerful and honest story and a must read book.

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Brilliantly Written And A Must Read

This book The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family is not only a comprehensive history of an African royal family as told by a modern-day prince,but an exciting story of a revolution that led to the assassination of Esezi l who was a dictator that ruled Okpe Kingdom from 1770 untill his death in 1779.The book also covered the slave trade and slavery by Aficans,and of the political intrigue of an ancient Urhobo kingdom of Okpe. At the end of the book, contemporary issues such as the Nigeria oil policy toward the oil state citizens which includes the Okpe people and the muslim-christian strife,and human rights abuses are addressed.As terrorism faces us today, this book presents a wealth of information on religious freedom and how the christians are killed by the muslim extremists in the predominantly muslim northern states of Nigeria for spreading christianity in that part of the region.And how the muslims are allowed to worship freely in Urhobo kingdom of Okpe.This book is very entertaining and enlightening on many of the topics and issues.A well documented history and powerfully written.

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Honst And Strongly Recommended---by victor vann. vann@yahoo.com

What a wonderful story Dr.Asagba had told.The stories in the book speaks powerfully to us today about war,human rights,religious freedom and the devastation of oil exploitation in Nigeria oil states.And a fascinating story about how Sir.Ralph Moor,a British colonist succeded in turning public opinion against slavery and in making it illegal in Nigeria in 1901.

Victor Vann.

A Fascinating Story

l have read this book and the story in it is a fascinating one.The author describes the beginning of his family remarkable journey by tracing his family back to the 1500 when the founding father prince lgboze,the son of the Oba[king] of Benin empire left the empire and founded his own kingdom.And lgboze had a son Okpe and his descendants are the kingmakers and ruling clans of the kingdom.The author had brought to light a very compelling Untold story of an African royal family role in the slave trade and as slave masters.Dr.Asagba describes how the slaves were used as soldiers and as plantation workers during the slavery era.He also uncovers and describes the Life and Times of Obodosike a slave once owned by his great-greatgrand father Chief Asagba and his treatment as a slave in the family.What began as a family history has become a history of an entire long,dark era.The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family is a colorful non-fiction historical book and briliantly written.

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The Untold Story of a Nigerian Royal Family presents the story of the Urhobo ruling family of Okpe Kingdom and its political power in Nigeria. It traces the origins and history of the Okpe people and their social and political organization. Topics include:

· The Okpe revolution of the sixteenth century and the assassination of Esezi I

· British Colonial rule of the kingdom, late 1800s-1960

· Civil war between the Okpe and Olomu of Itsekiri and the palm oil trade rivalry

· Urhobo-Itsekiri collaboration in the slave trade, and slavery in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Okpe.

· The political role played by traditional chiefs

· Feminists who campaigned for women's rights to participate in the council of elders

· The effort by HRH Esezi II to promote the democratic system of government within the Okpe council. · The story of the uncrowned king of Okpe Kingdom, including a brief history of the Nigerian Civil War of 1967-70

· The reign of HRH Orhoro I.

· The story of the author's candidacy for Okpe King after the death of Orhoro I

· Nigeria oil policy

· Muslim-Christian strife and human rights abuses

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