For one month, delighted Londoners watched the 80 ceremonially dressed Nigerianssome with necklaces of animal teeth, others with feathered straw hats, at least one with a jeweled crownparade into Lancaster House for their historic conference. Everything possible had been done to make them feel at home. For the Colonial Office's big reception at the Tate Gallery, all nude statues were carefully screened so as not to offend Moslems. The Lord Mayor served up a banquet of stewed peanuts, and one paramount chiefHis Highness James Okosi II of the Onitshafulfilled a lifelong ambition:...
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