Sensuality 2 The Abuse of Swazi's Queens
by O Yemi Tubi
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Title
Sensuality 2 The Abuse of Swazi's Queens
Artist
O Yemi Tubi
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
It’s a common tradition in Swaziland for the king to choose a wife each year. The Reed Dance ceremony is an annual event held in August or September in which topless young ladies dance for the king. These unmarried and childless girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to Ludzidzini to participate in the eight-day event, and would-be brides are publicly checked to ascertain their virginity. A chosen young lady will be added to the list of the queens of Swaziland and supposedly to enjoy a life of luxury. All is not well with some of the Swaizi’s Queens
There have been allegations of abuse and isolation of some of the queens. Two of the wives of King Mswati III have left him. Putsoana Hwala and Delisa Magwaza left the royal house in 2004. At the age of 18, Zena Mahlangu, was allegedly abducted by royal aides to become the king’s 10th wife; Queen Nothando Dube, the 12th wife of the King, was allegedly beaten and imprisoned. Queen Senteni Masango took her own life due to depression and the misery of her royal life.
The terrible ordeal of these young ladies influenced this painting. In my usual style I depict the lives of these unfortunate ladies as roses and thorns. Doubtlessly, the days they were selected among thousands of other young ladies would have been their happiest days with joyous anticipation of potentially rosy time ahead. There have been allegations of abuse and isolation of some of the queens of Swaziland. The terrible ordeal of these young ladies influenced this painting. I depict the lives of these unfortunate ladies as roses and thorns. The thorns are the unimaginable terrible ordeal they encountered that led one of the queens, Queen Senteni Masango to commit suicide. The dark haunting shadow in the background of the painting is the image of King Mswati III depicting him as the main figure behind the unhappiness of these queens. The main image in the front is that of one of the queens taken part in the Reed Dance before being selected to be queen. The white beads necklace is to depict her virginity.
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