The Benin Kingdom, 12th century... hid from sight, sheltering beneath the wall at the city’s edge. She gathered her shawl around her shoulders. It didn’t matter that she was a queen. The palace was no longer safe for her. Ahead stretched open farmland, barely visible through the night rain. And beyond that, the great forest.

2020年9月1日 · Children of the Benin Kingdom Author: Dinah Orji. This riveting historical adventure is set in 12th century West Africa. Ada lives with Papa Eze, a herbalist and healer who had found her as a baby and brought her home as his wife and child had died.

2020年8月17日 · Ada must now travel deep into the forest to discover the ancient Edo kingdom of Benin, connect with her past and to use everything within her power to heal the terrible divisions that are tearing the kingdom apart.

Children of the Benin Kingdom is about a girl called Ada and how the discovery of her astonishing birth and family affects her life and future. A man sells the story of Ada’s true identity, so she, Papa Eze (her foster father) and a boy called Mbe, who …

2020年11月13日 · Set in 12th-century West African Igodomigodo (later renamed as the kingdom of Benin), this pacy historical adventure by debut novelist Dinah Orji is essential reading for children in KS2, and it complements a whole-class study of this ancient civilisation (history).

2020年9月9日 · A well-researched, exciting and accessible historical adventure set in 12 th century Benin, suitable for KS2 and lower KS3. There’s a strong heroine. As well as reading it for pleasure, it can be used to support primary history teaching: (National curriculum KS2: Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300).

The arrival of the Eweka Dynasty in the 12th century is related to the history of Benin together with a broadly based understanding of Africa from earliest times to the present day. The children will make use of a range of sources including pictures of the Benin bronzes, written accounts and pictures, together with oral tradition.

This enquiry provides children with the opportunity to look at Benin, a non-European society which is very different from their own. The arrival of the Eweka Dynasty in the 12th century is related to the history of Benin together with a broadly based understanding of Africa from earliest times to the present day.

2022年1月7日 · Through our new class novel,’ The Children of the Benin Kingdom’ by Dinah Orji, we have already learnt a lot about what life was like there in the 12th Century, which is when the story is set. We learned about the Benin Bronzes which are metal plaques, heads and statues which were made by the people of the Kingdom of Benin for the Obas (kings).