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Journal

Structure Type:: Journal

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714817

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714817

Persistent identifier:: BV044415258

Title:: Tribus

ISSN:: 0082-6413

Place of Publication:: Stuttgart

Publisher:: Linden-Museum

Year of Publication:: 1953

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Domain:: Social and cultural anthropology > General overview

Journal Volume

Structure Type:: Journal Volume

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711803

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711803

Persistent identifier:: 1511771638959

Title:: Tribus, 50.2001,N.F.

Year of Publication:: 2001

Call Number:: LA 6621

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Journal Issue

Structure Type:: Journal Issue

Title:: N. F. Bd. 50, 2001

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Journal Article

Structure Type:: Journal Article

Title:: Ludewig Ferdinand Römer's "Nachrichten von der Küste Guinea" (mid-18th Century) as a Source on the Benin Kingdom History and Culture

Other person:: Roese, Peter M.; Bondarenko, Dmitri M.; Roese, Tobias M. L.

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Table of Contents: Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Journal Issue: N. F. Bd. 50, 2001

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Minutes: Bericht des Direktors i. R. über das Linden-Museum Stuttgart im Jahre 2000 / Thiele, Peter

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Minutes: Berichte über Erwerbungen im Jahr 2000 der Abteilungen Afrika, Islamischer Orient, Südasien, Ostasien, Nordamerika, Lateinamerika / Forkl, Hermann

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Minutes: Jahresbericht Museumspädagogik 2000 / Schierle, Sonja

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Minutes: Bericht des Referates Öffentlichkeitsarbeit für das Jahr 2000 / Otto-Hörbrand, Martin

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Other: Organisationsplan

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Journal Article: The Paruai malagan in the Linden-Museum Stuttgart / Barton, Gerry

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Journal Article: Catos Hut: Zum Ideal der "Kühle" in Weltbild und Anbau der Bauern der kolumbianischen Karibikküste / Drexler, Josef

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Journal Article: Südsee-Babys erinnern an Kolonialgebiete im Pazifik / Fenske, Susanne

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Journal Article: Bronzekessel aus der Sammlung des Linden-Museums Stuttgart / Ilyasov, Jangar

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Journal Article: Drohbriefe der Karo-Batak / Kozok, Uli

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Journal Article: Architekturdekor aus dem Panjab: Die Sammlung des Linden-Museums Stuttgart, III: Baukeramik/Fliesen / Pavaloi, Margareta

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Journal Article: Ludewig Ferdinand Römer's "Nachrichten von der Küste Guinea" (mid-18th Century) as a Source on the Benin Kingdom History and Culture / Roese, Peter M.

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Journal Review: Baumann, Max Peter (Ed.): Music, Language and Literature of the Roma and Sinti / Koch, Lars-Christian

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Journal Review: Bernbeck, Reinhard: Theorien der Archäologie / Schulze-Thulin, Axel

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Journal Review: Cameron, Caherine M. /Tomka, Steve A.: Abandonment of settlements and regions - Ethnoarchaeological and archaeological approaches / Schulze-Thulin, Axel

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Journal Review: Kraus, Michael /Münzel, Mark (Hrsg): Zur Beziehung zwischen Universität und Museum in der Ethnologie. (Reihe Curupira Workshop, 5) / Raabe, Eva Ch.

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Journal Review: Leaky, Richard: Die ersten Spuren - Über den Ursprung des Menschen / Schulze-Thulin, Axel

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Journal Review: Lee, Richard B. / Daly, Richard (Hrsg.): The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers / Schulze-Thulin, Axel

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Journal Review: Mensen, Bernhard, SVD (Hrsg.): Die Weltreligionen zur Zukunft-Tendenzen und Entwürfe. Akademie Völker und Kulturen, Vortragsreihe 1999/200, Bd. 23 / Guzy, Lidia

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Journal Review: Münzel, Mark / Schmidt, Bettina E. / Thote, Heike (Hrsg.): Zwischen Poesie und Wissenschaft - Essay in und neben der Ethnologie. Reihe Curupira, Band 9 / Brinkmann, Charlotte

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Journal Review: Simon, Arthur (Hrsg.): Das Berliner Phonogramm-Archiv 1900-2000 - Sammlungen der traditionellen Musik der Welt. The Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv 1900-2000 - Collections of the Traditional Music of the World / Koch, Lars-Christian

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Journal Review: Simon, Artur / Wegner, Ulrich: "Music! 100 Recordings, 100 Years of the Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv 1900 - 2000" (Wergo SM 1701 2) / Koch, Lars-Christian

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Journal Review: Streck, Bernhard (Hrsg.): Wörterbuch der Ethnologie / Deterts, Dorothea

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Journal Review: Tattersall, Ian: Neandertaler - Der Streit um unsere Ahnen. Deutsche Ausgabe in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Neanderthal Museum / Schulze-Thulin, Axel

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Journal Review: Blanc, Ulrike: Musik und Tod bei den Bulsa (Nordghana). Forschungen zu Sprachen und Kulturen Afrikas, Bd. 6 / Koch, Lars-Christian

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Journal Review: Brunk, Karsten / Greinert-Byer, Ursula (Hrsg.): Mensch und Natur in Westafrika. Eine interdisziplinäre Festschrift für Günter Nagel (Berichte des Sonderforschungsbereichs 268. Kulturentwicklung und Sprachgeschichte im Naturraum Westafrikanische Savanne. Bd. 5) / Fillitz, Thomas

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Journal Review: Oldendorp, Christian Georg Andreas: Historie der caribischen Inseln Sanct Thomas, Sanct Crux und Sanct Jan, insbesondere der dasigen Neger und der Mission der evangelischen Brüder unter denselben. Erster Teil: Kommentierte Ausgabe des vollständigen Manuskripts aus dem Archiv der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität Herrnhut. Band I der Gesamtausgabe. (Abhandlungen und Berichte des Staatlichen Museums für Völkerkunde Dresden, Bd. 51, Monographien 9,1) / Arnold, Bernd

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Journal Review: Rita Schäfer: Guter Rat ist wie die Glut des Feuers - der Wandel der Anbaukenntnisse, Wissenskommunikation und Geschlechterverhältnisse der Shona in Zimbabwe. In: Sozioökonomische Prozesse in Asien und Afrika, Bd. 5 / Creyaufmüller, Wolfgang

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Journal Review: Weber, Peter: Ritual und Identität. Vorkoloniale Geschichte in Unyakyusa von ca. 1600 bis 1897. Studien zur Afrikanischen Geschichte, Bd. 21 / Stöger-Eising, Viktoria

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Journal Review: Augustin, Siegfried: Die Welt der Indianer in Augenzeugenberichten. "Malt ihm das Gesicht an mit rötlicher Farbe" / Schulze-Thulin, Axel

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Journal Review: Köhler, Ulrich: Der Chamula-Aufstand in Chiapas, Mexiko: aus der Sicht heutiger Indianer und Ladinos (Ethnologische Studien, Bd. 18) / Teufel, Stefanie

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Journal Review: Montoya Bonilla, Sol / Schmidt, Bettina E.: Teufel und Heilige auf der Bühne. Religiosität und Freude bei Inszenierungen mestizischer Feste in Südamerika. Reihe Curupira, Band 8 / Blumtritt, Andrea

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Journal Review: Walker, Jr., Deward E. (Hrsg.): Plateau. Volume 12 des Handbook of North American Indians / Schulze-Thulin, Axel

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Journal Review: Antweiler, Christoph: Urbane Rationalität. Eine stadtethnologische Studie zu Ujung Pandang (Makassar), Indonesien (Kölner Ethnologische Mitteilungen, Band 12) / Lanik, Monika

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Journal Review: Beyer, Norbert: Lautenbau in Südindien - M. Palaniappan Achari und seine Arbeit. Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde, Neue Folge 69, Musikethnologie XI / Koch, Lars-Christian

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Journal Review: Stephenson, Nigel A.: Kastom or Komuniti. A Study of Social Process and Change among the Warn People, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. (Basler Beiträge zur Ethnologie, Band 40) / Beer, Bettina

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PETER M. ROESE (LAUTERTAL),
DMITRI M. BONDARENKO (MOSCOW),
TOBIAS M. L. ROESE (LAUTERTAL)
Ludewig Ferdinand Römer’s „Nachrichten von der Küste
Guinea“ (mid-18 lh Century) as a Source on the Benin
Kingdom History and Culture
Abstract
There is no need to go into details on the history of the former Kingdom of Benin
(now a part of Nigeria) because it is well known to scholars (for its bibliography see,
e.g. Fayioshe & Omobogie 1996). Therefore, a short abstract may suffice. The enclo
sed bibliography offers the interested reader an opportunity to look for more mate
rial in this context. No written records exist before the arrival of the Portuguese at
the end of the 15 th century and, therefore we have to rely on local oral traditions and
the results of the few excavations carried out in Benin City. Written sources appea
red in great numbers after European merchants, sailors, soldiers, missionaries and
others began to visit Benin more or less frequently. However, it was only after the
British invasion of Benin in 1897 that the astonished world became alert because of
the fantastic works of art discovered in the capital of the doomed kingdom. Lots of
researches were undertaken during past decades to shed light on many aspects of
Benin history. Nevertheless, the extension of the kingdom to the west, beyond
Lagos, is still more or less a guess. This situation may change, because there is a re
port by the Danish merchant Ludewig Ferdinand Römer (Roemer) (1769) entitled
„Nachrichten von der Küste Guinea“ („News from the Coast of Guinea“) which
points to possible Benin influence or contacts with the Gold Coast (today's Ghana).
Part of this may even be interpreted as a conquest by Benin. At first, such ventures
seem to be incredible but the report contains details which cannot be ignored and
warrant closer examination. Besides, Römer left evidence on some important aspec
ts of Benin culture.
Danish activities on the Gold Coast and Ludewig Ferdinand Römer
It is not the subject of the present manuscript to go into details on the activities of the
Danes on the Gold Coast (contemporary Ghana) in Guinea during the past. There
fore, a few facts may suffice on this matter. Apart from obtaining gold, the Danish
also partook in the slave trade because they needed labour for their possessions in
the Antilles (Virgin Islands). The Danish possessions comprised the islands St.
Thomas (1666), St. Croix and St. John. By the way, the latter faced the first slave re
bellion in the Caribbean (1731). The white population was practically wiped out and
only the intervention of French troops saved the day, otherwise St. John might have
become the first black republic in the Caribbean. In 1917, Denmark sold the three is
lands to the United States who had been in need for Caribbean bases by the time
they took part in World War I.
Let us turn back to events taking place on the Guinea Coast. The Danes drove out
the Swedes and took over Christiansborg castle in 1659, which subsequently became
their headquarters. By the way, Christiansborg castle in Accra is the seat of the
Ghanean Government today, being called Osu Castle. It is interesting to note that
the Danish, like the other European merchants, had to pay rent for the land on
which they erected their factories and castles. They had actually no power beyond
the walls, except for the area covered by their cannon and muskets. Christiansborg
was even captured by the Akwamu in 1693. However, it was given back to the Danes
which had to hand over a large amount of gold to the Akwamu.

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