The last funeral rites for a king
I hail the enthronement of the new OBA of Benin. He looks properly kitted, jazzed up and assisted by his abubaku's and servants. I trust the Bini kingmakers to have baptized him with a mixture of condiments and performed the necessary and traditional rituals before he assumed the throne. Our majesty we hail thee By Terhemba Osuji | April 19, 2016 The Bini empire has a very long and checkered history and its past warrior Oba's conquered lands stretching beyond the river Niger and as far as present day Ghana, the empire also at one time dominated Yoruba land and conquered present day Lagos island and even Obalende in modern day Lagos state. The late Oba comes from a long lines of Oba's stretching back to the 1440's. To say they Oba's and their subjects have maintained their traditions is an understatement and to this day you cannot walk around Benin without stumbling upon ritualistic sacrifices and incense or candles burning for their Gods and Ancestors. The OBA mus...