Cultural Similarities: Libation was part of ancient Egyptian society where it was a drink offering to honor and please the various divinities, sacred ancestors, humans present and not present, as well as the environment. It is suggested that libation originated somewhere in the upper Nile Valley and spread out to other regions of Africa and […]
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Oba is the word for King in the Yoruba
There are two different kinds of Yoruba monarchs: The kings of Yoruba clans, which are often simply networks of related towns (for example, the oba of the Egba bears the title “Alake of Egbaland” because his ancestral seat is the Ake quarter of Abeokuta, hence the title Alake, which is Yoruba for Man of Ake. […]
Princess Komuntale of Toro (Sister to King Oyo)
The rest of the Royal Family Lady Kezia Rukidi Abwooli with a young Princess Elizabeth Bagaaya of Toro. His Uncle Omukama Patrick Kaboyo Olimi VII officiating on his second coronatio Her Brother Oyo ascended to the throne when he was only three years old after the death of his father, Patrick Olimi Kaboyo.