African Royalties

A group of African-American tourists who are tracing their roots on the continent are currently in Benin city, Edo State in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The group was welcome by His Royal Majesty Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin Kingdom at the Palace of the Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, who applauded them for making the effort to trace their roots back to the motherland and thanked the ancestors for protecting African Americans in their sojourn.

He also asked the tourists to support efforts against modern human slavery and join the fight against human trafficking in the state.

The Award winning and nominated actor Samuel L Jackson too is on a road to tracing his roots on the continent.

The Marvel actor who is currently here trace his root to the Republic of Gabon where he was welcome by Gabon's presidential couple Their Excellencies President Ali Bongo Ondimba and First Lady Sylvia Bongo at the State House.

Before departing for the Central African country, the actor discovered that his roots stem from the Benga Tribe back in 2013 on the PBS series Finding your roots by Dr. Henry Gates III.

On August 1st, the bantu tribe which can be found in both Gabon and Equatorial Guinea welcome their son with celebrations hosted by the King of Benga