Kingdom of Nri (African History)

As someone who spends a lot of his time writing a lot of articles praising direct democracy (even to the point of praising the governments created by actual historical pirates for being so democratic for the time period), I am usually not a fan of monarchies and kingdoms since they usually go against democratic values and principles. However, there is an old government that existed back during medieval times in the area that makes up modern-day Nigeria that is pretty much the exception to the rule. It is also a fun, obscure piece of African history that is interesting to explore since very few are…