Opening Ceremony Address
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9025619 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thorold Masefield (corresponding author), Omo n'Oba n'Edo (corresponding author), Uku Akpolokpolo |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 30 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Arts (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9933 • E-ISSN: 1937-2108 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3337495 |
| OpenAlex | W2027740321, W2091040259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
An occasion like the Centenary also provides the opportunity to re-examine and re-evaluate some myths. For example, the play The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen by Ahmed Yerima, which is to be staged in Benin this week, re-examines the events of one hundred years ago and concludes that the Oba did not order the murder of the British officers, which in turn led to the British punitive expedition. Equally, a re-examination of the contemporary documents will remind people that the British did not deliberately burn down Benin City. In fact, the fire which destroyed the roofs of many of the houses in Benin started accidentally, very near to the hospital, which had to be evacuated in great haste-hardly evidence for a planned destruction. Contemporary sources also show that the British did not remove all the treasures
Archaeology · Art · Ceremony · Geography · African history and culture studies · Global Political and Social Dynamics · History
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2024 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |