Olu Atuwatse I Explained

Olu Atuwatse I (Olu Dom Domingos) was the 7th Olu of Warri who ruled over the Warri Kingdom.^[1] He was the son to Olu Atorongboye (Olu Sebastian) and succeeded his father Olu Atorongboye (Olu Sebastian) as the 7th Olu of Warri. He was initially home-schooled by his father and the Bishop in Ode-Itsekiri, which resulted in his ability to read and write in Portuguese. He was educated in Portugal from 1600 to 1611. He returned to Warri Kingdom as a graduate, making him the first graduate in Sub Saharan Africa^[2] Olu Dom Domingos was the second Christian Olu to rule Warri Kingdom. He married a Portuguese noblewoman, Maria Pereira, before returning to Nigeria with her in 1611.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

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4. Web site: About. Ugbajo Itsekiri.
5. Web site: 6 December 2018. The Itsekiri Kingdom (1480 AD - Present): the Afro-Europeans of the Niger Delta -. thinkafrica.net.
6. Web site: Koschorke. Klaus. Ludwig. Frieder. Delgado. Mariano. Spliesgart. Roland. 14 September 2007. A History of Christianity in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, 1450-1990: A Documentary Sourcebook. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. Google Books.