Oba means King/Ruler. You’ll find a ton of these “sovereigns” still existing in our time. For instance, in the African Kings book. I think it’s funny that people think royalty is a pastime or something limited to Elizabeth. In fact, BOUBA ABDOULAYE Sultan of Rey-Bouba is ruling territory as large as Belgium and Luxemburg reunited […]

Otumfo Nana Opuko Ware II by Daniel LAINÉ [link]King of he Ashanti. Since 1970, Matthew Poku, a former lawyer, has had someone else cut his hair and nails. He is the gold king. The fourteenth Asanteheme (king), he reigns over Ghana’s most powerful Akan group, the Ashanti. In the sixteenth century, the Fanti of Denkyera […]