Sara Forbes Bonetta


Amoné a ñwo dí Sara Forbes Bonetta, Sally Forbes Bonetta, (Eko kù ma bi chi ódò 1843 – ojo ékégwélù ochu ékéjo, I la gwu ódò 1880),[1] Sara chí goddaughter Queen Victoria. Sera chí oma onu clani Egbado ané abo Yoruba kí dí west Africa West Africa. Eko kí chí imoto atah ñwu kpaí iye ñwu lekwu egba kí chí imoto, Eko kù ma gwu chí Eko ogwú kpaí Kingdom eyi Dahomey, egba lé Sara chí imoto. Onu Ghezo mí Sara dú chí adù, alù kí dé pé onu Ghezo mí Sara dú ché ele nwí Captain Frederick E. Forbes kí chí British Royal Navy, Sara mudí goddaughter Queen Victoria. Sara fí She Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies né ókò chí Lagos Nigeria í dódó ókó ñwu ché ní ókó ñwo ñwo.

Lithograph of Forbes Bonetta, after a drawing by Frederick E. Forbes, from his 1851 book Dahomey and the Dahomans; being the journals of two missions to the king of Dahomey, and residence at his capital, in the year 1849 and 1850

Ódù ki Attah nwú kpaí iyé ñwu dú nwú chí Aina bakí Ina,[2] Ódò ku ma bi chí 1843 efewo ku ma bí chí Oke-Odan, kí dí Villagi Egbada ané amí Yoruba West Africa.[3] Abo ojané Dahomey dí ofé abo Oyo, Abo Dahomey ñweju abo Yoruba ñ. Abo Oyo kpaí Dahomey chané uja ogwú ódò 1823 alù kí onu Dahomey etito Ghezo, ma pay annual tributes ñwí Oyo ñ. Eko uja abo Oyo kpai Dahomey, abo oyo gbeju ni ukpa un todu alu ku ma nyi Jihad .[4] [3]

odo1848, ami soja Dahomey kpo tefu efewo Oke-Odan. Ami soji Dahomey che gbi amone wewe, eko ogwu le attah Aina kpaiiye nwu kwu, abo ku deju abo Dahomy mu ma du ta nwi abo ku ma la du Atlantic slave trade. Aina chane chi adu unyi onu Ghezo Dahomey.[5][6][7]

Eko ki Captain Forbes wi Efewo Dahomey

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Ochu ekebie odo 1850, Captain Frederick E. Forbes eyi Royal Navy wi West Africa wa kola nwi onu Ghezo to du ki ki na ki amone chi adu ge manyitodu ki ki na ki ami adu nwi abo Atlantic slave trade ge n.[8] Ama onu Ghezo ko As was customary, Captain Forbes

Oko kpai ami oma

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A portrait of James Pinson Labulo Davies and Sara Forbes Bonetta, photographed in London in 1862 by Camille Silvy

Oya Forbes di oda nwi Aina ki ni Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies churchi St Nicholas' Church efewo Brighton, East Sussex, ochu ekejo odo 1862.[9]

Ichi Captain Davies chi Yoruba, ene ki ni oko nana oko nwu che,anu ku ma no ola ma oko kpai oya ma mu dabi ti Africa, ma bi ami oma meta odu maz chi: Victoria Davies (1863), Arthur Davies (1871) kpai Stella Davies (1873).[10] .[11][12][13]

Sara Forbes Bonetta okwu odo !880 ochu ekejo nolu mi egwelu ogah ki kpa chi tuberculosis[1] efewo ki kwu chi efewo Funchal, ki di ojane Madeira Island.[14] T[1]

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  4. Akinjogbin, I.A. (1967). Dahomey and Its Neighbors: 1708-1818. Cambridge University Press.
  5. Meredith, Martin (2014). The Fortunes of Africa. New York: PublicAffairs. p. 193. ISBN 9781610396356.
  6. "The Story of Africa| BBC World Service". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  7. Thomas, Hugh (2013-04-16). The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade: 1440-1870 (in English). Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4767-3745-4.
  8. "Black and Asian History and Victorian Britain / Sarah Forbes Bonetta and Family". Royal Collection Trust. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. Collis, Rose (2010). The New Encyclopaedia of Brighton: (based on the original by Tim Carder) (1st ed.). Brighton: Brighton & Hove Libraries. ISBN 978-0-9564664-0-2.
  10. Éwn malábó:Harvp
  11. Braimah, Ayodale (5 June 2014). "Bonetta, Sarah Forbes (1843–1880)". BlackPast. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  12. "The Nineteenth Century: 1862 - Sarah Forbes Bonetta - The African Princess in Brighton". Brighton and Hove Black History. Brighton and Hove Black History Project. Archived from the original on 8 May 2003.
  13. "Sarah Forbes Bonetta (Sarah Davies) (1843-1880), Goddaughter of Queen Victoria:Image archive". London: National Portrait Gallery. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2006.
  14. Éwn malábó:Harvp