Orhogbua
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
gyara sasheAn 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]