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A throne in Nigeria - reserved for the Queen of England


A throne in Nigeria - reserved for the Queen of England
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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.
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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. ....

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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 ....

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Breaking News | Amusan Hits Texas To Boost Team Nigeria's Tokyo Olympics Relay Chances


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The arrival of sprint hurdler Tobiloba ‘Tobi’ Amusan on Monday boosted Team Nigeria’s camp in Texas as the team resumes its quest for tickets to the five relay events at the Tokyo Olympics at the 2021 USTAF Invitational meeting on Tuesday in Prairie View, Texas.
Amusan who ran 12.62 seconds to come second in the 100m hurdles event at the adidas Boost Boston Games in Boston, on Sunday, behind world record holder Kendra Harrison (12.49s), is expected to participate in the women’s 4x100m event, which Nigeria has provisionally qualified for with the 43.05s the quartet of Joy Udo-Gabriel, Blessing Okagbare, Mercy Ntia-Obong and Rosemary Chukwuma ran at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. ....

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