Kinyarwanda
Amateka… Tubwire! Ubwami bwa Benin: Abami, Ubutunzi, n’Imyaka 800 y’Amateka
Ku ya 3 Ukwakira, Umujyi wa Benin, muri Nijeriya, watangije ibirori byo kwizihiza isabukuru y'imyaka icumi Oba Ewuare wa II yimitswe, umutegetsi wa 40 w'Ubwami bwa Benin. Ariko se uzi amateka y'ubu bwami, bufite imyaka irenga 800?
Ubwami bwa Benin buherereye mu majyepfo ya Nijeriya ubu, bwari buzwiho imiterere yabwo, ubucuruzi bwabwo, cyane cyane abahanzi babwo. Bakoze ibyapa bitangaje n’ibishushanyo mu muringa, umuringa, n’amahembe y’inzovu kugira ngo babaze inkuru y’ubuzima mu bwami.
Mu 1897, Abongereza bateye Umujyi wa Benin maze bigarurira byinshi muri ibyo bihangano. Nyuma y’imyaka irenga ijana, bimwe muri byo byagarutse muri Afurika. Mu 2025, Ubuholandi bwasubije Nijeriya ibintu 119.
Na n’ubu, ibi bihangano biracyavuga inkuru y’abaturage ba Edo. Inkuru ishaje… ikomeje kubaho muri iki gihe.
