Fashionable Yoruba, Egba Men on the streets of London. Date: May 12th, 1937 (The Sketch)
Original Caption “The Babalola of Abeokuta (right) came to London as one of the members of the West African delegation and is seen taking a stroll around London"
Original Caption “The Babalola of Abeokuta (right) came to London as one of the members of the West African delegation and is seen taking a stroll around London"
The Caption of this photo might not be correct, is there any chieftaincy title such as the “Babalola” in Abeokuta? Was it meant to be “Oba lola” (King in waiting)
One thing is sure, the image was taken during the coronation of George VI and his wife, Elizabeth, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and as Emperor and Empress of India took place at Westminster Abbey, London.
Oba Ladapo Ademola II was the Oba of Abeokuta (Egbaland) as that time and he was also in London on a personal invitation of the Coronation ceremony.
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