Umogun ghato ‘kpere!! Ise!! | Ancient Benin

Historically, the traditional route to Benin City was through Ughoton, a coastal-riverine settlement that served as the southern gateway of the Benin Kingdom. Travelers and traders coming from the Atlantic coast entered the kingdom via the mangrove creeks of the Niger-Delta to Ughoton, navigating inland by canoe along a network of tidal waterways. The first Portuguese visitors to the Benin Kingdom entered through Ughoton (also written Gwatto in early European records). In the late fifteenth cent

The Kingdom of Benin people are known as Edo, the name also given to their language, and at times to the entire kingdom and its capital. #AncientBenin | Ancient Benin