For The Love of Culture & Photography

Nigeria is blessed with a rich culture a visit to Whispering Palms in Badagry confirms this. One of the things that stand out in this resort center is the old historic sculptures that tell the stories of the different parts/people of the country that they represent.

Description - Queen Amina of Zaria — Description: Queen Amina of Zaria

One of the sculptures that tell a lovely story is “Queen Amina of Zaria”. According to the legendary story, she came into power between the year 1588 and 1589 AD. She was known to be a formidable woman who fought many wars and won them all and expanded her area of Jurisdiction to as far as the great River Niger including Idah and Nupeland to the South, Buchi Kunkun, Kwararrafa Empire and up to Kano to the North…

Description-Divination Priestess (Benin City Nigeria) — Description – Divination Priestess (Benin City Nigeria)

The divination priestess foretells events which as archaic as it may seem a lot of people back then believed in these things. The greatest power still remains Jesus!