Leaders of Abeokuta with British colonial officials

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.

Standing farthest from the right is the Agura of Gbagura Olubunmi, who reigned from 1897 to 1910. He is a ruler under the hierarchy of the Alake Gbadebo I. Standing next to him is a man named Adepegba, the king's Akigbe. Akigbe praise and entertain the king, announce his coming during visits and the presence of visitors. Standing third from the left is the Alake of Egbaland, Gbadebo I, the paramount king of the Egba in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He reigned between 1898 and 1920. Standing third from the left in the second row, wearing a head covering, is the Mohammedan Chief, Suleiman. The white man wearing a kilt is Sir William MacGregor, K.C.M G., C.B., Governor of Lagos. [Information provided by Taiwo Kola-Korolo (PT, DPT, MPH, OCS, CCI) May 2023. He is from the Yoruba speaking tribe of Mahin, in the llaje region of Ondo state, Nigeria. He is from a Royal family on both maternal and paternal lineages and the great, great, great grand scion of King Manuwa of Itebu. Paternally, he is from the Jadigba Dynasty, the gatekeepers of the "Ekine" (the mother of all Masquerades in Mahin). Taiwo is a Board Certified Orthopedic Physical Therapist by trade, Global Health specialist, a Poet, Philatelist and an avid lover and researcher of Anthropology and History. He has invested much time, effort, and resources in researching the history of his region which has not been coherently elucidated thoroughly based on Archival sources.].

Collection

W. H. Himbury photographs

Catalog date

[18--]

Recorded places

Africa; Abeokuta (Nigeria)

Recorded subjects

Kings and rulers; Government and politics -- chiefs; Portraits, Group

Format and extent

1 Photographic print (albumen., b&w, 15.5 x 20.7 cm.)

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