From Slave Boy to Iron Merchant Prince

From Slave Boy to Iron Merchant Prince: The Untold Rise & Tragic Betrayal of King Jaja of Opobo
In the heart of the 19th-century Niger Delta, a 12-year-old Igbo boy named Mbanaso was kidnapped from his village and sold into slavery. No one could have predicted that this child would one day become King Jaja of Opobo — one of the wealthiest, most powerful, and defiant African rulers of his time.
From the brutal trading houses of Bonny to founding his own independent kingdom, Jaja turned the palm oil trade into an empire that rivaled European merchants. He controlled rivers, markets, and fortunes… until the British Empire decided one African king had become too powerful.
This is the incredible true story of ambition, brilliance, and betrayal: how a former slave built a kingdom that shook colonial powers — and how the British lured him into a trap that changed African history forever.

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