The Africanist Vex: Ago

Monarchy is commonse: Obasan

Monarchy, paradoxically, is common sense; we are accustomed to the idea of its critique as a result of the expansion of universal suffrage and the increasingly happy acceptance of limits on their power by monarchs, and the idea that they hold title by the continued indulgence of their people. However, these are not the most useful ways for us to think about monarchy in the 21st century, whether in London, Malaysia, Nigeria or indeed, India, Russia or France. Its…