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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: 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: 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: 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: 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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TRIBUS 50, 2001
They erected the castle of Fredensborg on the Ningo River and trade posts like
Tehie, Ningo, Ada and Keta, all in today's Ghana. Danish influence expanded ra
pidly and it finally controlled the coastal strip east of Accra, embracing the posts afo
rementioned, of which Ada and Keta had been the more important ones. It seems
the Danes held a virtual protectorate over the Akwapim and Volta river area. All
Danish possessions on the Gold Coast were sold to the English in 1850. Among the
trading items brought to Guinea by the Danes had been the famous „Dane guns“ or
„long Danes“ (flint-lock guns), a name, for which those weapons had been known
until recently in Benin.
Unfortunately, not much is known about the Danish merchant Ludewig Ferdinand
Römer. He was born in 1714 and at the age of twenty-five, in 1739, he was employed
in West Africa by the Danish West India and Guinea Company. Römer spent ten
years there and finally left the Gold Coast in 1749. In 1760 his book was first publis
hed but only its second edition of 1769 has become well-known. Ludewig Ferdinand
Römer died in 1776.
Römer on the extend of the Benin Kingdom to the west
Römer, who collected material personally on the spot is our main source on this
point. He further received information on Benin from an Englishman he met on the
Gold Coast. Regrettably, the identity of this person has not been disclosed yet. By
going through Römer's book, it is sometimes difficult to find out if the information
on the Gold Coast affairs derives from either himself or his English informant.
However, it is for sure that the material on Benin is provided by the latter.
It is well known that several traders from England resided in the Benin River area in
the 18 lh century, i.e during the time in question. In the 1730s, English ships traded re
gularly at Gwato, the old port of Benin. A.EC. Ryder informs us of some particular
visits. According to him. the Dutch factor at Gwato, W. van Essen reported in 1731:
„[...] I found an English bark under the command of a Captain Arthur Lane.“ He
continues: „In September 1736 an English sloop, forced back into the river by con
trary winds, was attacked by night and all the crew killed, save for one man who hap
pened to be ashore. The attackers plundered the ship, then sunk it.“ End of 1737, the
then Dutch factor at Gwato, Abram Raems, fled Benin on board an English ship 1 .
Ryder discovered another important information yet, i.e. even Danish ships traded
in the Benin River in the 1780's 2 .
Before going any further, it should be stated that it is quite difficult to translate 18 ,h
century German into English. Furthermore, several sentences are quite open to dif
ferent interpretation.
Römer starts to describe his findings on the relations between the Gold Coast and
Benin as follows: „It is well known that before the arrival of the Portuguese or other
Europeans on the coast, the King of Rio Benin ruled the whole coast of Guinea, up
to Rio Gambia as Emperor. Some say his rule extended even far to the south up to
Rio Benin [Benin River], Therefore his realms even surpassed China in extend. I as
sume only a few Europeans on the coast know about it, although they can observe
vestiges of it daily. The red Contreterre the Negroes wear, had once been a imperial
mark of honour. The old-fashioned sabres which the Negroes esteem as magnificent
for their families are testimony that they derive from an imperial commander-in-
chief or [war-] captain... One can find footprints of this rule at the upper coast, but
not as many as on the Gold Coast where some families derive their ancestry from
those Benin generals or viceroys. Their magnificent horse-tails are a sign of honour
(like with the Turks) present day and in the past. One can see that such horse tails are
several hundred years old. Their spears or Asagayen are of the same age and the iron
is much harder than European makes.“ 3
Römer further states: „The Englishman already mentioned criticised the well known
Bosman who [...] provided a report on the capital Benin as well. He describes it in a
disdainful manner by saying: the government and the town are not better compared
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