BEYOND THE NAME – PUBLIC EDUCATION SERIES – EPISODE 50
Oba Akenzua II (1899–1978) was the Oba of Benin who reigned from 1933 until his death in 1978. Born Godfrey Edokparhogbuyunmwun Aguobasimwin Ovonramwen, he succeeded his father, Oba Eweka II, and led the Benin Kingdom through the colonial era and Nigeria’s early years of independence.