King Overami [Ovonramwen]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: EEPA 1995-024-0031
name: label: Photographer
content: Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Benin (Nigeria)
label: Place
content: Africa -- Colonization
topic: label: Topic
content: Kings and rulers
label: Topic
content: Exile
creator: label: Photographer
content: Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905
setName: label: See more items in
content: W. H. Himbury photographs
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, also called Overami, was the ruler of Benin, Nigeria between 1888-1897. He maintained the kingdom's independence from British colonization but was forced to sign a protection treaty in 1892. Disputes over trade along the Benin River led to the Benin Punative Expedition, in which British troops invaded the city, killed civilians, stole sacred objects, and set fire to many of the buildings. Oba Ovonramwen was deposed and sent into exile, and the British absorbed Benin into its colonial empire.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 13.6 x 20.2 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1897
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-024, Item EEPA 1995-240031
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Oba Ovonramwen on board the Ivy, a Niger Coast Protectorate steam yacht, on his way to exile in 1897.

Original caption reads: King Overami of Benin, responsible for the Benin massacre. Prisoner on the govt. yacht, Ivy."