African tribe mourns Quaker archaeologist

African tribe mourns the death of their honorary chief

by The Friend Newsdesk 22nd March 2013

A West African tribe is mourning the death of a Cambridge professor and Quaker who was their honorary chief.  Thurstan Shaw was a world expert on the archaeology of West Africa, whose research into the Igbo people of Nigeria led to them making him their Onu n’ekwulu ora – the voice that speaks for the people – in 1972.