How King Jaja of Opobo Fought the British

In 1887, the British gave King Jaja of Opobo two options: either grant Europeans access to trade or risk bombardment and exile. Jaja refused to back down, and he was arrested and deposed for obstructing British commercial and political expansion.
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He's from Amigbo in Nwangele local government of Imo state, there's a primary school there in his honor

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A lawyer friend of mine tells me it is pronounced 'jawjaw'😅

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He’s a Ghanaian