This is Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the King of Uganda! Turning 18 this year he is now able to take full control of ruling his kingdom! King Oyo ascended to the throne at the young age of 3 when his father died. When he was 4 he would yank the iron-skin crown off his head because it was too heavy. Quite apropos! Like King Henry in the Shakespeare tragedy when he laments: "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
Can you imagine explaining to a toddler that he is literally a King? Or trying to absorb that information if you were the royal heir? Apparently, kingdoms in Uganda date to the Egyptian civilization.
If you are wondering why I'd write about King Oyo, then you may have forgotten Tweedledee and Tweedledum's famous rhyme:
"The time has come," the walrus said, "to talk of many things:
Of shoes and ships - and sealing wax - of cabbages and kings." -Lewis Carroll
