7lives:


Don't let Edo people hear this, my father spoke about how this queen was even afraid to look Oba Akenzua in eyes not to talk of shaking hands with him na typical oyinbo bending kind of greeting the woman take greet the Oba o no shaking of hands.
Those were the days of Ooni Adesoji Aderemi, Alafin Bello Ladigbolu, Sultan Abubakar Sadik the third, i don't think Nigeria can ever have such powerful monarchs, never again.

Elruhamah:

Agreed. But note that she's the head of the Anglican Church. Would the Pope bow to Ayatollah Khameini for example just because he's the de facto head of Shia Muslims?

OrlandoOwoh:

The Pope is only a spiritual head whereas the Queen is political head. The Queen may be the head of Anglican Church, but the Bishop of Canterbury is regarded as its spiritual head.

Elruhamah:

The Pope's also the political head of Vatican City which is an independent autonomous entity within Rome.

iamrealdeji:
I'm kinda confused,is Haile Selasie floating on air or where are his legs?

OrlandoOwoh:

Be that as it may, following the Treaty of Westphalia, the Pope ceased to have any political power. The Vatican City is not completely autonomous from Rome.

Elruhamah:


I beg to differ, the Lateran Treaty of 1929 establishing the Vatican City as an independent state clearly overrides the treaty of Westphalia signed in 1648.

Elruhamah:

Abi !!! She's a Queen and part of her training and upbringing is that she never bows to another person
Besides the face of the lady in question isn't even showing properly like you said.

OrlandoOwoh:

"Clearly overrides the Treaty of Westphalia," you say? Can the Pope today exercise any power over the Italian President, not to talk of other European countries, like he did prior to 1648?

OrlandoOwoh:

Haile Selassie was not only a king, but regarded by rastaferians as the messenger of Jah just as christians regard Jesus Christ as the messenger of God.

FYI, Ethiopia and, to some extent, Liberia, are the only countries in Africa not colonized. The attempt of Italy to colonize Ethiopia was resisted in the Battle of Adowa in the 19th century. Another attempt in the 1930's was resisted.

jpphilips:


Who told you Liberia was not colonized? what do you think Americans went there to do?

eherbal:
She Knelt and Bowed. Recognition Of Supremacy.

OrlandoOwoh:

Liberia came to be when the US freed slaves were taken to West Africa after the abolition of slave trade. The US chose to take the freed slaves to West Africa just like Britain who took freed slaves to West Africa (Freetown, Sierra Leone). The capital of Liberia, Monrovia, is named after the US President at the time, James Monroe.

Badgers14:
That's the way it should be, i so much like Ethiopia, the only never colonized country in Africa...

Funny how the other guy on suit looks like he was making sure she was doing it right... and his wife sitting like hey..come over here when you're done...

Ahmadu Bello was licking her toes in a previous thread...smh... Inferiority complex..