Tag: king
The Enduring Legacy of Oba Adigun Oshin Omiyomade I
HRM Alaiyeluwa Oba Adigun Oshin, Omiyomade 1, Elemure of Emure kingdom Ekiti, Nigeria, reigned from 1983 to 2006 Born to Serve: Prince Adigun Bamidele ... Read More
Queens and Mothers: Ndlovukazi Nandi, Zululand, South Africa
Queen Nandi (The sweet one) became the dreaded Ndlorukazi (The Great She Elephant). Queen Nandi: The Zulu Queen Mother Who Raised a Legend Queen ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Queen Amina of Zazzau (Nigeria)
Queen Amina was instructed in political and military strategies (Imagined by AI) Queen Amina of Zazzau in the present-day Kaduna state of northern Nigeria, was ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Iyoba Idia, Queen Mother of Benin (Nigeria)
Queen Mother Idia was the mother of Oba Esigie in the ancient west African kingdom of Benin. From as early as the 11th century until ... Read More
When Wisdom Feels Useless and We Despise God’s Gift
Image by congerdesign from Pixabay When the Gift Feels Pointless I recently came across a passage I had never truly paused to ponder—Ecclesiastes 2:12–17. ... Read More
Queens and Mothers of Afre Kh: Yaa Ashantewaa and the Golden Stool of Ashanti (Ghana)
The Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana West Africa was founded in the seventeenth century by King Osei Tutu I, with the help of his feared Priest ... Read More