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1-PREVIOUS
HISTORY OF KINGS OF PORTO-NOVO
2-EXODUS OF KOKPON AND ITS
FOLLOWS
3-EMIGRATION
OF TÊ AGBANLIN
4-AVADJO or
king ZOUNON
5-THE MAIN MINISTERS OF
THE KINGDOM
6-GENEALOGY OF
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| EMIGRATION OF TÊ AGBANLIN: Towards the
creation Of HÔGBONON's ( Porto Novo ) realm In front of
the intransigence of the cabinet and MÈWOUEGBO TÊ
AGBANLIN's threats left Allada and went with the
continuation(suite) southward. Having crossed the villages
of Calavi, Ganvié, Louo and Djassin, it(he) was welcomed
by AKOTCHOU-GBÉNOU whom it(he) knew well . Prince
AKOTCHOU-GBÉNOU was one of the partisans of KOKPON (father
of TÊ AGBANLIN). It(he) had followed KOKPON in its(his)
trip from Tadô but it(he) lived not enough time to Allada.
It(he) continued its(his) exodus southward and came to
base the village Dê Houta (near Porto Novo). Being
welcomed by AKOTCHOU, TÊ AGBANLIN was in the narrow. It(he)
conquered villages surroundings such as Aklon, Djassin and
created in 1688 HÔGBONOU ( PPRTO-NOVO's ) realm which he
tried hard to organize just like his country of origin
Adja. Tado to immortalize the traditions of his ancestors.
Descendant of DASSA, it(he) made come to HÔGBONOU a
descendant of DASSOU and named him a king in a village
that it(he) baptized Davié. This king should play the
same role as Adja Tado's " Daviéhôlou ". All
the royal lineages of Adja Tado were afterward represented
in Porto Novo. TÊ AGBANLIN installed(settled) them in
various portions of the city. To the descendants of: *
HINTO and HOUNDJAN, it(he) attributed(awarded) the big
market and Agbo Komè * TÈ RAMI it(he) attributed(awarded)
Adomè. In this lineage was confided(entrusted) the key of
AHOLOUHÔ's temple. It is the role which should henceforth
supply both main dignitaries of the cult of the ancestor.
These dignitaries were chosen only among the threads of
the princesses of blood. From this time, the presence in
the temple of a member of this lineage became compulsory
during the coronation of king. * HOUAN it(he) attributed(awarded)
Lokossa * LIZOUMÈ it(he) attributed(awarded) Ouèzoumè *
ZIN it(he) attributed(awarded) Zinkomè (The descendants
of LIZOUMÈ ET DE ZIN supplied later the LIGAN) * DOSSOU
and TÊ HOUANTON, it(he) attributed(awarded) Zèbou. They
gave the MÈWOU and later, the AHÔGAN under Toffa's 1-st
administration HOUAN, LIZOUMÈ, ZIN, DOSSOU and KOMÈ,
deified and still liked by bone days, received each a
special temple built in the shade of Iroko. |
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