sjeezy8:

Oni is a disappointment to all yorubas.
I dont believe in any traditional monarchs.

madlady:


Do you mind me asking, why, is he a bad person. Sadly I know nothing about him.

sjeezy8:

No i dont think he's a bad person, but currently in Nigeria what is his job? I thought it was to oversee and give spiritual advise to all yoruba people and promote peace. Thats not what I see in Ekiti Osun or Oyo Ogun.

so hes just there

tpia.:

the stories attached to most of these people e get as e be sha.



lord have mercy.

spikedcylinder:

I'm guessing all these women are Joseph Langafin's wives. Little girl included?

spikedcylinder:

I seriously hope so too but it doesn't make sense that she's in that picture.

tpia.:

she could be the first daughter if the man married late

and on closer examination of the picture, the women are in the same outfit (same design) while the girl's is different. If she were a wife, God forbid, then she'd be wearing the same ankara as the others.

Looking at body posture, the girl's foot is behind Joseph's leg, almost touching it. I doubt a wife would be allowed that kind of liberty for an "official" photo. Given the fact that this seems to be an oba.






Woh, that's so clear now that you have mentioned it. I can see now why most people make bad witnesses in court,all that just passed me by

@tpia, if you have the time could you pull out some more facts on the "Kings" it's really enlightnig. Actually it's a GREAT read.

spikedcylinder:

http://www.the-7-wonders.com/pictures/7-of-africas-kings.html

These comments are hilarious!

davidif:

Are you silly? or can't you read at all? Can't you read the extremely racist things on the comments? What is it that you see that is funny.

The comments are funny to me, why do you have your panties in a bunch over my sense of humour - regardless?

madlady:

@tpia, if you have the time could you pull out some more facts on the "Kings" it's really enlightnig. Actually it's a GREAT read.

The Fon (King) is the brother of courageous and powerful animals. At night, he has the power to transform himself into a panther, where he haunts the forest, runs through the savana and drinks from torrents. When a panther is killed by a hunter, the Fon from Bamileke region are afraid. Will one of them not perish from the death of his double.


The King of Akropong holds for the last sixteen years the “sacred seat” of the Akuapem-Asona, one of the seven major Akan clans. To his right, his “spokesman” carries the royal emblem, the elephant, a remembrance that his kingdom was founded by force.


According to “news watch”, a large daily Nigerian newspaper, the power of the Sultan of Sokoto is such, that most of the Nigerians questioned would rather be Sultan than President of Nigeria

spikedcylinder:

The comments are funny to me, why do you have your panties in a bunch over my sense of humour - regardless?

madlady:


@Poster, The ONI of IFE, what spectacular carvings.

tpia.:

very interesting!!

But two of the Cameroounian obas are wearing clothes commonly associated with southwest Nigeria.

One (the Fon of Bandjun) is in traditional (not modern) agbada while the other (king of Bana) is in something that looks like the Yoruba hunter's gear.


The man in the first photo does look like Glele.

The picture labelled Sultan of Sokoto is the previous, not the current one.

spikedcylinder:

I'm guessing all these women are Joseph Langafin's wives. Little girl included?

davidif:

ARE YOU WHITE OR MIXED OR SOMETHING?? BECAUSE THAT WOULD PROPERLY EXPLAIN WHY YOU FIND IT FUNNY.

ezeagu:

You're looking at the wrong person, the Ooni of Ife is the second picture, not the third.

The origin of the 'Agbada' is Islamic, it hasn't always been a traditional African wear. The clothing spread throughout West Africa along with Islamisation, that is why people in Gambia and people in North Western Cameroon wear it.

Many of the pictures were put together quickly, it seems. The little girl is not wearing the wives cloth pattern, if she was a wife she would be. Countries around Nigeria aren't all as backwards as Nigeria itself, they have the same development.

Maybe the person doesn't have a giant chip on their shoulder.