Jaja of Opobo
c. 1821-1891 · Africa (Nigeria) · Modern
Founded the Niger Delta trading state of Opobo and expanded regional palm oil commerce.
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- Birthplace
- Africa (Nigeria)
- Known as
- Founded the Niger Delta trading state of Opobo and expanded regional palm oil commerce.
Jaja of Opobo (c. 1821-1891) endures among the great of Africa (Nigeria). Founded the Niger Delta trading state of Opobo and expanded regional palm oil commerce. Across the 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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