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EP 1 Empire Beneath the Palms
Custodians Of The Red Gold
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S1EP2 Strange Smiles of Strange men
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S1EP3 Empires of Guilds
As European powers battle for dominance in West Africa, the ancient Benin Empire stands as a formidable force—structured, spiritual, and self-governing—challenging the imperial quest for red gold and ivory through a legacy of order and ancestral power.
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EP4 The Crown, the Cross, and the Cap...
In this gripping chapter of Custodians of the Red Gold, a king’s alliance with the Portuguese sets off civil war—and a dark descent into the Atlantic slave trade. As new empires rise, the Benin Kingdom must fight to remain sovereign in a world that’s rapidly slipping away.