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Benin Games & Sports by Jacob U. Egharevba
Jacob U. Egharevba1951
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Washington, DC, United States
Benin Games & Sports by Jacob U. Egharevba
Central Press, Ltd., Sapele, Nigeria, 1951 (2nd ed.)
Ian Brinkworth Collection
EEPA 2008-009-0591
Jacob U. Egharevba, a local writer, historian, and curator of the Benin Native Administration Museum in the late 1940s, authored this booklet of Benin games and sports. It contains a compendium of children’s games, songs, sports, and wrestling matches based on oral histories and historical events in the Benin kingdom.
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- Title: Benin Games & Sports by Jacob U. Egharevba
- Creator: Jacob U. Egharevba
- Date Created: 1951
- Location Created: Sapele, Nigeria
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