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Letter from Africa: Why Queen of England has a throne in Nigeria

A throne in Nigeria - reserved for the Queen of England

A throne in Nigeria - reserved for the Queen of England © Getty Images Queen Victoria was referred to as The Queen of All White Men following a mistranslation In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about the throne reserved for the Queen of England in the West African state. © BBC A myth among the Efik people of southern Nigeria is that one of their 19th Century kings was married to Queen Victoria of England. I first heard about it around 2001, when I was going through the museum and saw this very interesting correspondence between Queen Victoria and King Eyamba, said 60-year-old Donald Duke, who carried out extensive renovations on the national museum and also established a slave trade museum in the Cross River state capital city of Calabar, when he was governor there from 1999 to 2007.

Letter from Africa: Why Queen of England has a throne in Nigeria |

In our series of letters from African writers, Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about the throne reserved for the Queen of England in the West African state. Short presentational grey line A myth among the Efik people of southern Nigeria is that one of their 19th Century kings was married

Letter from Africa: Why Queen of England has a throne in Nigeria

Letter from Africa: Why Queen of England has a throne in Nigeria
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