Lessons of history: King Jaja of Opobo

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Born in a town in the present day Imo State in 1821, sold into slavery in the neighbouring Bonny Kingdom at the age of 12, toiled day and night to bring himself into the reckoning of the Master, then,

rose through the ranks to become a head merchant and secured his liberation from bondage. Thereafter, he became the architect of his own destiny.

Jaja had now become an acclaimed businessman, mega-rich, strong and powerful personality, that even the British began to pay homage to him, enlisting his help with troops to put down a rebellion in the then Gold Coast in 1878. Jaja could have set about the conquest of the rest of the hinterland stretching to the rest of the southern and northern coasts, but he did not.

As mind-boggling as this may sound, it is not the main purpose of this write-up. First, it is about the teaching of history or a lack of it in this country. The manner in which history has been quietly but systematically jettisoned from the school curriculum in this country is nothing short of criminal. A lack of knowledge of history is like a tree growing without its roots.

 

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