RED RIVERS. WARRI. Trade, Politics, War & The Merchant Princes of The Niger Delta. Episode 6: Black Rivers

RED RIVERS. WARRI. Trade, Politics, War & The Merchant Princes of The Niger Delta. Episode 6: Black Rivers

The Series Finale!! The scent of Palm Oil wealth emanating from the Niger Delta has piqued the interest of European powers especially Britain and the scramble is on . Kings and Chiefs are being dethroned at the slightest whim and often under false pretences. Nana remains very powerful and influential but for how long can there be 2 masters on the oil rivers?

RED RIVERS. WARRI. Trade, Politics, War & The Merchant Princes of The Niger Delta. Episode 5: Long Claws

Nana of the House of Ologbotsere is the richest and most powerful man in the entire sub region. There has been peace but powers of Europe are circling, for the same resource that has made Nana wealthy is proving far too irresistible for the long and powerful claws from across the Atlantic

RED RIVERS. WARRI. Trade, Politics , War & The Merchant Princes of The Niger Delta. Episode 4 : The Leopard Banner

Consul Beecroft of The United Kingdom arrives on the very troubled shores of Warri to find a lasting peaceful solution and protect the interests of the British merchants. Will a new Olu emerge? Or is it the dawn of the Oil Merchant families?

RED RIVERS. WARRI. Trade, Politics , War & The Merchant Princes of The Niger Delta. Episode 3 : Interregnum

The Kingdom of Warri is forced to stop slave trading and is very much enjoying the palm oil boom. A royal disaster plunges the Kingdom into pure chaos. The throne lays empty, the royal line is halted as is free trade on the oil rivers...

RED RIVERS. WARRI. Trade, Politics , War & The Merchant Princes of The Niger Delta. Episode 2 : The Fair Rosamund

The growing Kingdom of Warri is well into slave trade , however, The British Empire is championing the global abolition cause meaning that Warri must adapt again or fail. A squadron of British ships including the ex-slave ship - The Fair Rosamund, doggedly enforce the new antislavery blockade on the coast and rivers of West Africa and Itsekiriland...