420-Year-Old Alaafin’s Palace Tortoise Baba Dies in Oyo Kingdom
The ancient Oyo Kingdom has lost one of its most unusual historical symbols. Baba, a tortoise believed to be 420 years old, has died at the Alaafin’s Palace. Residents regarded Baba as the oldest indigene of Oyo. The palace also treated the tortoise as a treasured animal that survived several generations of monarchs. According to…