Autor: Prof. Joseph Nevadomsky, Ph.D.

The episodic kingship rituals and the annual refresher kingship ceremonies in Benin City guarantee the transition to hierarchical authority, the natural abundance of the land and the prosperity of the population through kingship. The notion of a social contract between sovereign and populace promoted for generations a crafting of identity within a system of hierarchy, but also a separation of powers.

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