Via Lifelounge:
Between the years of 1988 and 1991, French photographer Daniel Laine spent about 12 months on the African continent tracking down and photographing figures of royalty, and leaders of kingdoms. During this time he managed to photograph 70 monarchs and descendants of the great African dynasties with his work on this series.
That’s the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelethini, above.
Oni (King) of Ife – Nigeria
Hapi IV, King of Bana in Cameroun
The rest of the series here.
Love these images! Thanks for sharing them.
Great photos. I only wish that there were some photos from Niger…they’ve got some great kings!
Seems like the photographer largely limited himself to West and Southern Africa (Niger is more Sahel)