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16th century Memorial Brass Head of queen Idia

-Ethnological Museum, Berlin
#randomxt

-benin's first queen mother (iyoba) was a renown military strategist, administrator and one of africa's greatest (female) sovereigns personally involved in benin's many wars of conquest esp..

in the civil war against Arhuaran <then the rival claimant to the throne>, Esigie's brother and the igala both of whom she defeated later becoming one of the top administrators in the empire -then at its greatest extent

she's featured prominently in benin royal arts

profile;
Iyoba Idia: The Hidden Oba of Benin
rainqueensofafrica.com/2012/11/iyoba-…

A popular history of Benin: the rise and fall of a mighty forest kingdom
Peter M. Roese, D. M. Bondarenko
books.google.co.ug/books/about/A_…

The military system of Benin Kingdom c. 1440-1897
academia.edu/31310702/The_m…

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