Wives on deck - Swaziland's King Mswati III has chosen an 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant as his 14th wife, a palace spokesman said Tuesday, days before a much-criticised parliamentary vote.
Mswati, a 45-year-old who is sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, introduced Sindiswa Dlamini at a Reed Dance celebration over the weekend, Mtetwa told AFP. She wore red feathers on her head -- a sign of royalty. The young woman graduated from Mbabane's St. Francis High School last year and is a finalist in the Miss Cultural Heritage beauty pageant. The winner will be announced on September 28.
The wedding only takes place once the fiancee falls pregnant. Dlamini will then become Mswati's 14th wife
Three wives left the household in recent years. The latest, Queen LaGija, fled the palace in 2012 claiming years of physical and emotional abuse. Another queen, LaDube, was reportedly abused after she was caught in bed with the justice minister, a close friend of the king. Mswati had kidnapped and married the queen when she was 16 in 2005.
So the King of Swaziland (it's in Africa, where else would it be) just recently managed to hand select his 14th wife from a national beauty pageant or something like that. Check out this fucking guy, people getting divorced left and right and he just keeps getting married like nobody's business. Hand-picking prime 18 year old African girls to essentially hold them hostage. Kidnapping a 16 year old, no biggie, just the king doing what kings do. Gotta love Swaziland "tradition" too, marriage doesn't count unless she gets pregnant, no use strutting around you prepubescent Nubian queen if she's damaged goods. The monarchy game is about one thing and one thing only, carrying on the family business, and you need kids for that shit.
My question is this: do the queens like catfight? Like who's the top queen? There's fourteen of them now, bound to be a pecking order of some kind right? Oh and Mswati, just out of curiosity, on a continent riddled with AIDS is having multiple sexual partners really the smartest thing to do? Just a thought, do you though.
PS - Obviously Mswati kidnapping and beating his wives is a no-no but was anyone else like "Oh, just kidnapping and spousal abuse? In Africa? Well actually for Africa that's not too bad, could have been waaaay worse."
King Swaziland looks so much like Carl from Family Matters. Point Swazi.
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