Tags: Monarch.
Akaba was an early King of the Kingdom of Dahomey in present-day Benin from 1685 until c.1716. King Houegbadja had created the basic structure of the kingdom on the Abomey plateau. His first children were the twins of Akaba and Hangbe and they were followed by another son of Houegbadja who would become King Agaja. As the oldest son Akaba became the king upon Houegbadja’s death and ruled until 1716 when he died during battle in the Ouémé River Valley either of small pox or in battle.