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  11:04

  EP8 The Ambush

  EP8 The Ambush

  During Benin’s most sacred festival, a British consul defies orders and attempts to force his way to the Oba—only to meet resistance rooted in centuries of tradition and governance. The fallout becomes the pretext for full-scale invasion.

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  11:46

  EP6 Line sin Sand

  EP6 Line sin Sand

  As Europe meets in Berlin to divide Africa without consent, the Benin Empire and its neighbors grapple with the collapse of the slave trade, rising foreign pressure, and the quiet erasure of centuries-old institutions.

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  09:40

  EP7 Treaty of demands

  EP7 Treaty of demands

  As Britain solidifies its imperial claim through dubious diplomacy and shifting treaties, Chief Nana’s exile and the signing of the Gallwey Treaty reveal how paper, manipulation, and religious zeal became weapons of colonization.