When King S.O. Abimola II bestowed an African chief’s title on a 56-year-old woman from Texas, young people danced in procession to the palace and hundreds assembled for the ceremony. The honoree, Southern Baptist missionary Alma Rohm, donned a traditional hand-woven Yoruba dress, coral jewelry and a headdress adorned with akoko leaves. The king had planned to give her…
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