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This year marks sixty years since Kenya's independence in 1963. Gathanga Ndung'u is scathing of the cabal of wealthy turncoats who have led Kenya's independence. Ndung'u celebrates a real hero of liberation, Mukami Kimathi, who died in Kenya as the coronation of a royal parasite was being marked in the UK.
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Was the Coronation multifaith and should it have been? James Walters, Director of LSE Religion and Global Society, reflects on King Charles III’s Coronation service. For decades the word on the street was that the coronation of King Charles would be a multifaith affair. The prince who told Jonathan Dimbleby in 1994 that he wanted … Continued

Postdevolution Scotland is "a bit different," but how does that relate to a coronation? A Scottish sense of exclusion from the English establishment's assumptions of UK dominance might be a way into developing forms that are more widely inclusive. In this article, two distinctively Scottish models -- of sovereignty & of being a national church -- are offered as bases for exploring the shape of a coronation that tries to express who we all are. The theological understanding of sovereignty, which was a key contribution from the churches to the debate on devolution sees the sovereignty of God entrusted to the community of the realm, & entrusted by that community to whatever institutions they deem appropriate; this might be a starting point for planning a coronation. The self-understanding of the Church of Scotland as a national church cherishing its independence from state control & with less "stake" in the monarchy might prompt a different church-state relationship to be expressed in a coronation. Adapted from the source document.

The article and its argument are based on a hitherto unexplored Ethiopian chronicle, which offers a uniquely detailed description of a series of enthronement rites. The article explores and deciphers symbolism displayed in these acts, which was drawn from the past and remodelled to form ideological underpinning for the monarchy of Yoḥannǝs IV (1872–89) and to legitimise his imperial project. The article argues that despite the fact that the record of these events is likely to have been 'adjusted' by Ethiopian chroniclers, their writings still points to what they thought should happen during a ritual in order for it to be effective. Consequently, the authors of the chronicle revealed to us the role of ritual in the legitimising project of late 19th-century Ethiopia.