Atoroba Peni Rikito is the great-grandson of King
Gbudwe
Gbudwe Bazingbi (c.1835, also called Yambio) was the Azande King in South Sudan from 1870–1905.
His real name was Mbio, which means "a kind of small antelope", but he renamed himself "Gbudwe", also written as Gbudue, meaning "to tear out ...
who became the King of
Azande on 9 February 2022.
Ascension
Atoroba Peni Rikito became King of the
Azande Kingdom. The kingdom had not had a king for 117 years, since the death of
Gbudwe
Gbudwe Bazingbi (c.1835, also called Yambio) was the Azande King in South Sudan from 1870–1905.
His real name was Mbio, which means "a kind of small antelope", but he renamed himself "Gbudwe", also written as Gbudue, meaning "to tear out ...
in 1905.
The Azande Kingdom is dominated by the
Azande people
The Azande are an ethnicity, ethnic group in Central Africa speaking the Zande languages (whose classification is uncertain). They live in south-eastern Central African Republic, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as south ...
, located
Western Equatoria State
Western Equatoria is a States of South Sudan, state in South Sudan. It has an area of . The state capital is Yambio. The state was divided into counties, each headed by a County Commissioner. Western Equatoria seceded from Sudan as part of th ...
of
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
. Its royal seat or capital is based in
Yambio
Yambio is a city in South Sudan.
Location
The City is located in Yambio County, Western Equatoria State, in southwestern South Sudan, close to the Democratic Republic of the Congo–South Sudan border, border with the Democratic Republic of the ...
, which is also the state capital of Western Equatoria State.
References
Living people
21st-century monarchs in Africa
Year of birth missing (living people)
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