Edo is an ethnic group living in a territory located west of the Niger River, between a hilly region in the north and the swamps of the Niger Delta, who speaks a language of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Edo are also referred to as "Bini" or as the "Benin ethnic group", though currently the people themselves prefer to be simply called "Edo". They are the descendants of the people who founded the Benin Empire (1180-1897). The traditional ruler of the Edo people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire is the Oba of Benin, or Omo N'Oba.
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