Idia of Benin
c. 1475-1550 · Benin Kingdom, West Africa · Early Modern
Queen mother of the Benin Kingdom credited with military and diplomatic support during her son's reign.
- Birthplace
- Benin Kingdom, West Africa
- Known as
- Queen mother of the Benin Kingdom credited with military and diplomatic support during her son's reign.
Idia of Benin (c. 1475-1550) endures among the great of Benin Kingdom, West Africa. Queen mother of the Benin Kingdom credited with military and diplomatic support during her son's reign. Across the early modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost. Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.
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