Ewu

Ewu is one of the Esan kingdoms in the upland country northeast of Benin. Its traditions connect the organisation of its monarchy with Oba Ewuare of Benin in the fifteenth century and with settlers from Benin. Esan communities preserve varied accounts of migration and royal origins, reflecting long relationships with the neighbouring kingdom. Ewu and the other Esan towns were ruled by their own titled leaders amid a landscape of farms and settlements.

The later city of Okene lies here.