While in exile in Abẹ́òkúta, this merchant funded a successful defense against an invasion from Dahomey that greatly weakened it decades before its invasion by the French. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Yoruba aristocrat who controlled Lagos politics through a fortune amassed from slave trading and her marriage to Ọba Àdèlé. Land donated to the British by this woman became the central square of Lagos, now named for her.
ANSWER: Ẹfúnróyè Tinúbú [or Ẹfúnpọ̀róyè Ọ̀ṣuntinúbú; accept Tinubu Square]
[10m] Anna Pépin became this island’s richest woman as one of its signares, powerful African noblewomen that partook in the slave trade. The Pépins’ house became this island’s infamous House of Slaves, home to a Door of No Return.
ANSWER: Gorée [or Island of Gorée or Île de Gorée or Beer Dun]
[10e] Similar to French signares, this empire employed wealthy nharas like Aurelia Correia to mediate the slave trade at ports like Elmina, Cape Mesurado, and Bissau.
ANSWER: Portugal [or Portuguese Empire or Império Português]
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