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...Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the start of her three-week visit. One of the most dressed-up men present was Nigeria's own Minister of Labor and Welfare, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh. But he was topped by the head of Lagos' town council, Chief Oba Adeniji-Adele, resplendent in raiment as majestic, but also wearing a glittering gold crown that outdid the Queen's own bright pink straw hat. Said one dusky onlooker: "I like her, but she's got to get fatter before she'll be a real Queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 6, 1956 | 2/6/1956 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Skoolsfor Skandal | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

...When I Became King." Last week's melancholy debate was a sort of rehearsal for a big African conference to be held in London this September. Already, the vanguard of the African delegates had arrived. He was the Honorable Oba Aderemi, the Oni of Ife, whose 3,200,000 Yoruban subjects in Nigeria call him "The Fountain of Honor." The Oni sprayed good will around London, gave a fatherly pat to his youngest subject in England (see cut), and reminded Britons that for twelve years he was a railway clerk, signalman and traffic instructor. "I had to give...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Not Fine Pass Kerosene | 8/2/1948 | See Source »

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