An Analysis of the State of Ughoton after the British Invasion of 1897

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 235 - 249, 29.10.2018

Michael Ediagbonya

Abstract

The paper analyses the state
of Ughoton after he British invasion of 1897. It examines the survival of the political
institutions after the invasion. It discusses Ughoton as a tourist centre, the
strengthening of Christianity and other traditional dieties. It also focused on
the discovering of oil and the relevance of Niger Delta Development Commission
to the advancement of the community. The researcher used primary and secondary
sources. The primary sources include oral interview and archival materials
while the secondary sources were books, newspapers, articles, theses and
dissertations. The study found that the houses destroyed during the war were
rebuilt and a new chief priest of Olokun temple appointed when Oba Eweka II
came to the throne in Benin in 1914. Again the discovering of ‘oil in Ughoton
was an added advantage to its quick recovering. It was found that Ughoton
became a tourist centre and the issue of religion was given a serious boost.

Keywords

British Invasion, Benin, The State of Ughoton, 1867

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