Kingdom of Bonny
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The Kingdom of Bonny, otherwise known as Grand Bonny, is a traditional state based on the town of Bonny in Rivers State, Nigeria. In the pre-colonial period, it was an important slave trading port, la
The Monitor Lizard, totem of the war god Ikuba and heraldic beast of Bonny's classical kings.
The Curlew, totem of the kingdom as a whole and heraldic beast of its modern kings.
St. Stephens Anglican church, Bonny Kingdom
Royal Canoe of the Kingdom of Bonny, 1890
George Oruigbiji Pepple
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George Oruigbiji, otherwise known as Perekule VII, and variously known in England as Pepper, Pimento or Peppel/Pepple, ruled the Kingdom of Bonny, an independent trading state in the Niger Delta betwe
Kingdom of Bonny
…1861, and for the next five years until his death on 30 September 1866 the kingdom was relatively peaceful. King William Dappa was succeeded by his son George Oruigbiji Pepple (born 1849), who had been educated in England. George Pepple was a Christian, and on 21 April 1867, supported by Oko Jumbo and other chiefs, he declared…
King George's grave in Madeira