When hundreds of Nigerian horsemen greeted a young Queen Elizabeth II by performing harrowing traditional mock cavalry charges on her podium during a royal durbar in Kaduna, Nigeria, 1956.

When hundreds of Nigerian horsemen greeted a young Queen Elizabeth II by performing harrowing traditional mock cavalry charges on her podium during a royal durbar in Kaduna, Nigeria, 1956.

Emirs, noblemen, warriors and dancers from “the shores of Lake Chad, from the banks of the Niger, from the fringes of the Sahara desert”. From “Plateau, Kabba, Benue, Illorin, Niger, Zaria, Katsina, Adamawa, Bauchi, Kano, Bornu, Sokoto”.

Video excerpts via British Pathé

Song: Di'Ja - Wuta