“African Kings” by Daniel LAINÉ
AGBOLI-AGBO DEDJLANI
King of Abomey
Benin
Dedjlani, a former policeman, waited six years to retire, and then proceeded with his secret coronation ceremonies.
“Officially”, there is no longer a king in Benin. But on september 30, 1989, Dedjlani put on his royal shoes, and at the age of fifty four became King of Abomey.
Being […]
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Aitor Throup
Rarely will we openly endorse a non KDU designer on any KDU related site. This is one of those rare occasions. We are in awe of the diverse creativity of Aitor Throup. After viewing the work examples above we dream about the future for 6 straight hours. Fashion […]
Asante double-heddle narrow strip loom weavers in the royal weavers village of Bonwire near the Asante capital of Kumasi. June 1997.
photo (c) Duncan Clarke
Weaving, at its simplest, involves the regular interlacing of two sets of threads to create a textile. A loom is basically any kind of frame that facilitates this interlacing process. One set […]
Moritzburg Castle, Germany, Thorsten Schimmel
“African Kings” by Daniel LAINÉ
OSEADEEYO ADDO DANKWA III
King of Akropong-Akuapem
Ghana
A graduate from the University of London and an economic advisor for the Ghanaian administration, 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 […]
via: Scholiast.org
A micronation is an entity created and maintained as if it were a nation and/or a state, and generally carrying with it some, most or all of the attributes of nationhood, and likewise generally carrying with it some of the attributes of statehood. Though a micronation may well have begun as a mere […]
