Bonny
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Bonny is a town and a Local Government Area in Rivers State
in southeast Nigeria
, on the Bight of Biafra. It was also the capital of the Kingdom of Bonny. Traditionally (especially between the 15th and 19th centuries) it was a major trading post of the eastern delta.. A small island located just offshore, Bonny Island
, is a major export point for oil.
The region produces a type of crude oil known as Bonny Light oil
. Much of the oil extracted onshore in Rivers State is piped to Bonny for export.
and the following Atlantic slave trade
. In the 19th Century it came under increasing pressure from the British
to end the slave trade. It collapsed in the civil war of 1869, though a remnant of it continues to exist as a part of the aristocratic
structure of Nigeria
.
Rivers State
Rivers State is one of the 36 states of Nigeria. Its capital is Port Harcourt. It is bounded on the South by the Atlantic Ocean, to the North by Imo, Abia and Anambra States, to the East by Akwa Ibom State and to the West by Bayelsa and Delta states...
in southeast Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, on the Bight of Biafra. It was also the capital of the Kingdom of Bonny. Traditionally (especially between the 15th and 19th centuries) it was a major trading post of the eastern delta.. A small island located just offshore, Bonny Island
Bonny Island
Bonny Island is situated at the southern edge of Rivers State in the Niger Delta of Nigeria near Port Harcourt. In the early 1990s the Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with 3 international partners, Shell Gas BV., CLEAG Limited [ELF] and AGIP International BV. started the...
, is a major export point for oil.
The region produces a type of crude oil known as Bonny Light oil
Bonny Light oil
Bonny Light oil is a high grade of Nigerian crude oil with high API gravity , produced in the Niger Delta basin and named after the prolific region around the city of Bonny....
. Much of the oil extracted onshore in Rivers State is piped to Bonny for export.
Kingdom of Bonny
The Kingdom of Bonny was a state of the niger-delta. It was powerful beginning in the 15th Century with the advent of the PortuguesePortugal
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and the following Atlantic slave trade
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade, also known as the trans-atlantic slave trade, refers to the trade in slaves that took place across the Atlantic ocean from the sixteenth through to the nineteenth centuries...
. In the 19th Century it came under increasing pressure from the British
United Kingdom
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to end the slave trade. It collapsed in the civil war of 1869, though a remnant of it continues to exist as a part of the aristocratic
Tribal chief
A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom. Tribal societies with social stratification under a single leader emerged in the Neolithic period out of earlier tribal structures with little stratification, and they remained prevalent throughout the Iron Age.In the case of ...
structure of Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
.