Nigeria (nation)
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Subject Source: Local sources
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[?Prince Frederick Sunday Jaja of Opobo and retainers], 1912 - 1913
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043O/19
Scope and Contents
206 x 143 mm. A group photograph showing an African king and his retainers. The central figure, wearing European clothes, a crown and seated on a throne beneath a large umbrella is possibly Chief Frederick Sunday Jaja (1873-1915) son of King Jaja of Opobo. Prince Frederick was educated in London and was in 1888 temporarily exiled with his father in the British West Indies. King Jaja dies in 1891 and was succeeded by his son in 1893. Two other Africans dressed in European clothes are...
Dates:
1912 - 1913
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