Queen Elizabeth II visited more than 20 African countries during her reign, which saw the British Empire come to an end and independence sweep the continent. A special link to Britain endured through the Commonwealth of Nations, which the Queen led. It was a close - and sometimes complicated - relationship between the British monarchy and post-colonial Africa.

Princess Elizabeth is seen here at Treetops Hotel in Kenya with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh in 1952. The day after this photo was taken, she heard the news that her father, King George VI, had passed away and she was to become Queen.

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Princess Elizabeth is seen here at Treetops Hotel in Kenya with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh in 1952. The day after this photo was taken, she heard the news that her father, King George VI, had passed away and she was to become Queen.

This was the first of two visits Queen Elizabeth made to Nigeria, in 1956, when it was still a British colony. The Queen is pictured here with Chief Oba Adenji-Adele II in Lagos. She also visited Calabar, Enugu, Jos, Kaduna, Kano and Port Harcourt.

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This was the first of two visits Queen Elizabeth made to Nigeria, in 1956, when it was still a British colony. The Queen is pictured here with Chief Oba Adenji-Adele II in Lagos. She also visited Calabar, Enugu, Jos, Kaduna, Kano and Port Harcourt.

Queen Elizabeth II dances with Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president and a figurehead of the decolonisation movement during her visit in 1961, just four years after Ghana's independence. They danced to a high-life tune composed specially for the occasion called Welcome Your Majesty.

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Queen Elizabeth II dances with Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president and a figurehead of the decolonisation movement during her visit in 1961, just four years after Ghana's independence. They danced to a high-life tune composed specially for the occasion called Welcome Your Majesty.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are pictured with Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, during a state visit in 1965. The emperor took refuge in the United Kingdom between 1936 and 1941 following the Italian occupation of his homeland and was restored to the throne in 1941 after British and Commonwealth troops defeated the Italians.

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Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip are pictured with Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, during a state visit in 1965. The emperor took refuge in the United Kingdom between 1936 and 1941 following the Italian occupation of his homeland and was restored to the throne in 1941 after British and Commonwealth troops defeated the Italians.

Queen Elizabeth and Sudan's President El Tigani El-Mahi on the state drive from Khartoum Airport, also in 1965. Her visit to Sudan included an afternoon of camel racing and a trip to the construction site of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile, which was completed the following year.

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Queen Elizabeth and Sudan's President El Tigani El-Mahi on the state drive from Khartoum Airport, also in 1965. Her visit to Sudan included an afternoon of camel racing and a trip to the construction site of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile, which was completed the following year.

The Queen with Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere at the start of a three-day state visit in 1979.
Eighteen years previously, Dr Nyerere had led the former British protectorate of Tanganyika to independence, becoming its first prime minister and later its first president. Over the years, he became increasingly anti-British and anti-European.
Nevertheless, the UK government regarded him as a major stabilising force in an increasingly turbulent region.

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The Queen with Tanzania's President Julius Nyerere at the start of a three-day state visit in 1979.
Eighteen years previously, Dr Nyerere had led the former British protectorate of Tanganyika to independence, becoming its first prime minister and later its first president. Over the years, he became increasingly anti-British and anti-European.
Nevertheless, the UK government regarded him as a major stabilising force in an increasingly turbulent region.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was awarded an honorary knighthood by the Queen in 1994.
But as tensions grew between Zimbabwe and the UK government over the president's land reform programme and allegations of human rights abuses, Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003. Mr Mugabe was stripped of his knighthood in 2008.

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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was awarded an honorary knighthood by the Queen in 1994.
But as tensions grew between Zimbabwe and the UK government over the president's land reform programme and allegations of human rights abuses, Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003. Mr Mugabe was stripped of his knighthood in 2008.

The Queen and South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, were said to have a close friendship. The Queen signed letters to President Mandela with "Your sincere friend, Elizabeth R" and apparently referred to him as "Nelson", while it's said that he called her simply "Elizabeth" in a break from royal protocol.

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The Queen and South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, were said to have a close friendship. The Queen signed letters to President Mandela with "Your sincere friend, Elizabeth R" and apparently referred to him as "Nelson", while it's said that he called her simply "Elizabeth" in a break from royal protocol.

The Queen visited Nigeria for a second time in 2003. The country had been suspended from the Commonwealth over human rights abuses during Sani Abacha's military rule in 1995 and re-admitted in 1999 after a return to civilian rule. The Queen and President Olusegun Obasanjo are seen here at the official opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Abuja.

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The Queen visited Nigeria for a second time in 2003. The country had been suspended from the Commonwealth over human rights abuses during Sani Abacha's military rule in 1995 and re-admitted in 1999 after a return to civilian rule. The Queen and President Olusegun Obasanjo are seen here at the official opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Abuja.

On her last trip to the continent, in 2007, Britain's longest-reigning monarch was met by one of Africa's longest-serving presidents, Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. She had visited Uganda once before - on her first official state visit to Africa as Queen in 1954.

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On her last trip to the continent, in 2007, Britain's longest-reigning monarch was met by one of Africa's longest-serving presidents, Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986. She had visited Uganda once before - on her first official state visit to Africa as Queen in 1954.

My curiosity is why must a certain tribe get so bitter about the queen’s death?

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My curiosity is why must a certain tribe get so bitter about the queen’s death?

Honestly I don’t seem to understand too.

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My curiosity is why must a certain tribe get so bitter about the queen’s death?

Because you suckled on your mom's breast doesn't mean kids born during the war did.. your age mates were taken away from their parents and handed guns to defend their territory.. imagine you in your teens faced with death each time a you see a tank with well armed Nigerian soldiers.. well, you possibly wouldn't understand

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Dear Culwizthedeltan,

You are VERY MISTAKEN by blaming "a whole tribe" for the actions of just one person - Uju Anya.

Did you recently see what the Irish did when they heard of her death? Please search for Irish twitter and learn further.

Do many people reason like her? Yes!
Does her whole tribe reason like her? No!

Even at that, there are some justification for their anger. The pogrom that happened in 1966 and the subsequent war and the role the British in the war anger these people.

Nevertheless, I feel the anger against the late Queen, H.M. Victoria Regina is misplaced. The truth is that she had powers that she couldn't use. The parliament and the Prime Minister governs the UK. There are powers that if the Queen used, she might invoke a constitutional crises and/or revolution. Harold Wilson should be blamed and not really the Queen.

If Uju Anya was taking about the slave trade, then all Africans share the same disgust and loathe the British.

Las Las, let's all leave the past where it should be - in the past. Let's all chart a new course.

Vote Peter Obi for President 2023

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She flex wella

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