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Ladies of the Throne

By Léonora Miano
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By Léonora Miano
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An astonishing new narrative of Mandu Yenu, a throne from the ancient Kingdom of Bamum.

“Most of the time, it is the power of men that we remember.” With these words, which open Léonora Miano’s text for Objects Talk Back, an astonishing new narrative unfurls around Mandu Yenu, a throne from the ancient Kingdom of Bamum (present day Cameroon).

The Germans long claimed the object was a gift from King Njoya to Kaiser Wilhelm II. Miano reads “between the lines of beads and cowrie shells” to sh...