General Oba Ade is the main antagonist of the 2022 epic film, The Woman King. He is the general of the Oyo Empire who desired nothing more than to expand his forces throughout the lands. During his years of raiding many villages, he once took Nanisca as his sex slave and raped her repeatedly, which later resulted in her bearing Nawi, his ...

Yoruba type royal crown, Ade Nla from the kingdom of Danhomè, a kingdom that developed under heavy cultural influence from its much larger Yoruba neighbor. The beaded veil shields the Oba's own face and transforms him into a living embodiment of Odùduwà and the force of the collective ancestors.

Abimbola Akeem Owoade (born 17 July 1975) is the 46th Alaafin, or traditional ruler, of the Yoruba town of Oyo and rightful heir to the throne of its historic empire. [1][2][3] Abimbola Owoade was born in 1975 into the royal family of Owoade-Agunloye, Agure Compound, Oyo Town, Oyo State to Rasaki Ibiyosi Owoade.

2022年9月16日 · The empire’s leader, Oba Ade (Jimmy Odukoya), and his turbanned baddies have seized the kingdom’s port, Ouidah, and aligned themselves with malevolent Western slave traffickers. Ghezo, too, sells...

2023年2月7日 · The new general, Oba Ade who leads the war against Dahomey was the man who had tied up and raped Nanisca in the past. At the port, she sends all the Agojie away as she singlehandedly attacks Oba. Despite Nawi helping her, they are outnumbered and they run.

Worn by an oba, or king, this crown with its beaded veil serves to depersonalize the man and instead emphasizes his office. It also protects onlookers from the danger of casting their eyes directly upon the divine presence of the oba .

2022年9月16日 · Jimmy Odukoya as Oba Ade: The leader of the Dahomey's rival Oyo Empire Oba Ade is played in The Woman King by Jimmy Odukoya. In his previous body of work, Odukoya has appeared in films like The Bosslady, Wedding Plan, and Team Six.

2022年9月16日 · Nawi and Izogie attempt to escape while being sold into slavery, with Izogie being killed while trying to save the re-captured Nawi. That night, Nanicas and her Agojie soldiers arrive at the trading post to launch a surprise attack, with Nanisca also slaying Oyo leader Oba Ade (Jimmy Odukoya) in single combat.

For important ceremonial occasions, the oba (ruler) wears large conical beaded crowns with many design elements. Faces on either side of the crown may refer to Olokun, god of the sea and “owner of the beads”; royal ancestors; or the inner, spiritual face of the oba himself.

2014年12月2日 · The kings of the Yoruba people styled themselves as “obas” (an oba being a sort of combination of king, high priest, and chief). The symbol of the oba’s authority was his ade—his crown (or for a high obas–the “adenla” which means “great crown”). Obas were the powerful rulers of the Yoruba and their ades were the ceremonial font of their authority.