Invasion 1897

Invasion 1897

The Deposition of the Last King of Africa

2014 · 113 min · ★ 3.0 · History

Igie Ehanire a research student on African Art history gets touched, he gets more perturbed about the injustice of the British invasion of Benin.

Directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen · Written by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen

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