Africa facts 108: “Dutch sources have pointed out that the Oba (King) could mobilise 20,000 soldiers in a single day, and raise an army of 80,000 to 180,000 men.”
– Wysinger 2008
Photo: Ivory Oba hip mask British Museum
A Personal Reflection I stopped eating beef in January 2018.That choice helps me to maintain a healthier lifestyle.In 2018, reports of attacks, kidnappings, and violent incursions into communities across parts of the Southwest were becoming increasingly common. I felt that continuing to consume cattle supplied through systems that, in my view, were connected to those developments raised difficult ethical questions.For me, giving up beef became a personal form of protest.I recognize that many hardworking people in the Southwest earn their ...