During the African struggle for independence from Western colonial forces when the majority of the efforts were made by prominent African politicians, there were a handful of royals who made an effort or more in that regard before and during the war of emancipation.
African royals also understood a thing or two about negotiations and they brought that to play with a number of interventions they made. In some instances, kings sent emissaries while in other instances, they penned down their concerns and sent them to those who mattered.
In the pages below, we highlight some of the letters written by kings to colonial authorities and their details.
