Orhogbua shi ne Oba na goma sha bakwai na Masarautar Benin wanda ya yi sarauta a kusa da c.1550 AD-C. 1578 AD. Shi ɗan Esigie ne kuma jikan Ozilua. Orhogbua ya sami ilimi a makarantar mulkin mallaka na Portugal kuma an yi masa baftisma a matsayin Katolika.[1]Ya sami damar sadarwa cikin harshen Fotigal, magana da rubutu duka.[2] Ya kafa sansanin soja a tsibirin Legas, wanda ya kasance wuri mai mahimmanci don fadada daular da sarrafa kasuwanci.[3]Ya kuma gabatar da amfani da gishirin dafa abinci na asali a Benin.[4]

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

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An haifi rhogbua a cikin garin Benin, babban dan Oba Esigie da Sarauniya Elaba, Iyoba na biyu a fadar Uselu.[5]. An ba shi sunan kakan mahaifinsa, Ozolua.[6]Mahaifinsa ya kulla huldar diflomasiyya da kasuwanci tare da Portuguese tun 1485, yana ba Orhogbua damar bayyana al'adun Portuguese da ilimi.[7] Ya halarci makarantar mulkin mallaka na Portuguese, inda ya koyi yaran Portuguese kuma ya yi baftisma a matsayin Katolika.[8] Ya kuma karanci fasahohin Turai da kimiyya da fasahar soja.[9]

Manazarta

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  1. Egharevba 1968, p. 29.
  2. Asante 2014, p. 152.
  3. Mann 2007, p. 27–28.
  4. Egharevba 1968, p. 30.
  5. Asante 2014, p. 151.
  6. Smith 2023, p. 4.
  7. Northrup 2009, p. 35.
  8. Egharevba 1968, p. 29.
  9. Asante 2014, p. 152.