Kings and 6 Queens explores the intense contest for the Modjadji Rain Queen’s throne in the Balobedu Kingdom, a matriarchal ...

The Balobedu people of South Africa have crowned their new queen. Traditionally, the ruler of the Balobedu is known as the Rain Queen, and she is revered by people far beyond the boundaries of her ...

According to the traditions of the Balobedu tribe, the first rain queen’s family arrived here about 1800 after migrating south from Zimbabwe with rain- making powers stolen from an estranged king.

for the Balobedu people of the 140 villages that make up the tiny kingdom, the celebrations were clouded not by rain but by controversy and scandal. The new queen, being a thoroughly modern young miss ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Makobo Modjadji, the rain queen of South Africa’s Balobedu people, has died of unspecified causes after two years in power, the Modjadji Royal Council said Monday.

Queen Masalanabo Modjadji VII has made history as the first reigning Queen of the Balobedu people to pass her matric, doing ...

Whether the Balobedu had any links to Songo, the Yoruba god of rain who operates over Nigeria, is not known. So mighty is this Rain Queen – whose clan is one of a handful of matriarchal ...

The Rain Queen of the Balobedu nation, Her Majesty Queen Masalanabo the VII, and the present Balobedu Royal Council, under the chairmanship of Dr. Masilo Mogale, have officially distanced themselves ...