Benin History & Research Centre in Diaspora

Clean and sophisticated artworks from the Ancient Benin Kingdom were gifted to Nekpen Obasogie! Well crafted objects of art by Osayuki Idubor!

Happy birthday to one of the voices of Edo Language Day Worldwide, Mrs. Rita Oviasogie. On behalf of  the Organizing Committee of Edo Language Day, we wish you a bouquet of happiness on your birthday! Bless your new age!

The 2024 Edo Language Day Worldwide event in Toronto,  August 10th, 2024 at  11am- 6pm at University of Toronto/OISE  Tickets: $50 USD  - $60 CAD  -   Student: $25 USD - $30 CAD   Payment methods:  Canadian residents,  E-transfer:  obasogien@gmail.com  Outside Canada, PayPal Account:  https://www.paypal.me/nebotv.  Vendors Table: $100 CAD - Magazine advertisement: Full page $100 CAD - Half page $60 CAD For further inquiry call Nekpen Obasogie  +1437-265-5276  or email: edolanguage2023@gmail.com The benefits of attending this event Preserving Indigenous Language & Culture Media publicity/features You will be featured in our magazines Edo Language & cultural awareness Cultural award ceremony Entertainment, refreshment & more! August 10th - Toronto,   Event Venue:  252 Bloor Street West  ON, M5S 1V6 , OISE  Auditorium,   University of Toronto

 Pre-Edo Language Day program and Ibota starts on Friday May 31st on NEBO TV. Everyone is invited to join us.  The program is scheduled for every Friday evening 4pm Eastern time - 9pm Nigerian time.  Call +14372655276 to be a guest on the program.  The 2024 Edo Language Day Worldwide will take place in Toronto (Canada), and Edo State simultaneously on August 10th & 13th, 2024. The in-person (main) event is scheduled for August 10th in Edo State and Toronto, Canada. The ceremony of Edo Language Day will be hosted on August 13th, 2024 online worldwide. Website: edolanguageworldwide.org Email: edolanguage2023@gmail.com.

The Organizing Committee of Edo Language Day Worldwide is ecstatic to announce the schedule of the 2024 Edo Language Day (second edition) Celebration with the theme “T he Renaissance of Ẹdo Indigenous Languages.”   The program aims to revive Edo Indigenous language and dialects worldwide, and the three senatorial districts of Edo State, including Esan, Afemai, Ora, Etsako, and other Indigenous dialects.  This year’s program in Toronto would be hosted by the Nigerian Canadian Multicultural Centre in partnership with OISE/University of Toronto on August 10th & 13th, 2024.  The main event will take place on August 10th, 2024 at  252 Bloor Street West, ON, M5S 1V6, OISE Auditorium,   OISE/University of Toronto . 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm  The event will be held in-person on August 10th in Toronto and Edo State and virtually (online) in Toronto on August 13th worldwide. To be hosted in six locations this year: Toronto (Canada) Benin City, Auchi, Okpella, Ekpoma, a...

The Return of Two Bronze Stools of Ọba Ẹsigie and Ọba Eresọyẹn to the Benin Kingdom. We celebrate our joy of the return of any of the stolen artefacts by the British invaders. All the artefacts in Benin and Ife were done by the same artisans of Igodomigodo, and Benin. As the base remained at Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn. And for the honour and reverence to the continuity of the lineage, such was accorded to Oduduwa in Ife when the whereabouts of Ekaladerhan was revealed as the Oduduwa in Ife. It was after the British subjugation of Benin in 1897 that the reverence and honour being accorded to the Ọghẹnẹ N'Uhẹ became altered to the superiority claim of the Yoruba under the false pretense of having Oduduwa as progenitor in 1100AD for the Yoruba. How can a stranger and migrant to Ife in 1100AD become a progenitor over the existing people in Ugboland and with five, six and seven theories of origin? Benin-Ife connections have nothing to do with the entire Yoruba linguistic identity or group. Their ge...

  Following restitution of a cockerel sculpture by Jesus College, the University of Aberdeen becomes the first UK institution to return looted Benin bronze to Nigeria in 2021. Every Benin artifact looted by the British from the palace of Benin in 1897 has a unique history. This cock was used to record a symbolic event that occurred in Benin during the travails of Ekaladerhan in the ancient times. When Ekaladerhan later known as Oduduwa was to be killed because of a particular problem, the executioners had mercy on him and let him go never to return to Benin again. To report at the palace of Oba that he has been killed, they had to kill a cock and rub the blood on their knife. He left Ughoton for Idah, and later Uhe/Ife area in Kogi state where Pa Idu used to visit when he was alive. After his exile and subsequent return to Benin, and the story told, a bronze image of the cock (Okhokhuo in Benin language) was made to keep the history alive forever. Here is the cock. https://www.the...