Bight ti Benin

Bight ti Benin tabi Bay ti Benin ni Bight to wa ni Gulf ti Guinea ni etikun iwọ oorun ti ilẹ Afrika to gba órukọ rẹ̀ lati iṣẹdalẹ afin ti Benin.

Àgbègbè

Bight ti Benin tọ kasi ila oorun fun kilometres ti oji le ni ẹ̀gbẹta  (400 mi) lati Cape St. Paul lọsi Nun outlet ti Niger River. Lati ila oorun o tẹsi waju lọsi Bight of Bonny (Bight ti Biafra tẹlẹ̀ri). Bight naa ni a sọ lorukọ lati órukọ afin ti ilẹ Benin.

Bight ti Benin gbẹkele owo oko ẹ̀ru ṣiṣe to gbajumọ lẹyin ti ijọba amunisin wọle. Ounka sọpe Benin ma n ko ẹrun ẹgbẹrun kan pẹlu ẹ̀gbẹ̀fa wọle lọdun.

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Ni ọjọ akọkọ óṣu february,ọdun 1862 ni ijọba ti British da Bight ti Benin ti British protectorate lori akoso consul ti Bight ti Benin silẹ.

Bight ti Benin fun igba pipẹ ti ni aṣèpọ pẹlu oko ẹru, ibudo wọn ni a pe ni Etikun awọn Ẹru. Lati Ọdun 1807 wasilẹ lẹyin ti oko ẹru ti di ewọ fun Britons, Awọn Royal Navy da squadron ti iwọ oorun Ilẹ Afrika lati palẹ oko ẹru mọ. Akitiyan yi lọsiwaju si to si gboro ni ọdun 1833 nigba ti oko ẹru di ewo kakiri Igboriko ti ilẹ British.

Term ProtectorateÓṣu May, Ọdun 1852 – Ọdun 1853 Louis FraserỌdun 1853 – April 1859 Benjamin CampbellÓṣu April, Ọdun 1859 – Ọdun 1860 George BrandỌdun 1860 – Óṣu January, Ọdun 1861 Henry HandÓṣu January, Ọdun 1861 – May 1861 Henry Grant FooteÓṣu May, Ọdun 1861 – 6 August 1861 William McCoskry (acting)

Ni ọjọ kẹfa, Óṣu August, Ọdun 1861 ni Bight ti Biafra protectorate ati Bight ti Benin protectorate darapọ lati di united British protectorate to pada dapọ lati ilẹ Naijiria.

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