Nigeria’s trend and dancing kinds within the highlight as Harry, Meghan go to its largest metropolis

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s trend and conventional dances have been at full show on Sunday as Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in its largest metropolis, Lagos, as a part of their three-day visit to the nation to advertise psychological well being for troopers and empower younger individuals.

The couple, invited to the West African nation by its army, have been handled to completely different bouts of dancing, ranging from the Lagos airport the place a troupe’s acrobatic strikes left each applauding and grinning. One of many dancers, who regarded youthful than 5 years outdated, exchanged salutes with Harry from excessive up within the air, standing on agency shoulders.

Going with Meghan’s white prime was the normal Nigerian aso oke, a patterned handwoven cloth wrapped across the waist and sometimes reserved for particular events. It was a gift from a group of women a day earlier.

The couple visited an area charity – Giants of Africa — which makes use of basketball to empower younger individuals. There, they have been handled to a different spherical of dancing earlier than unveiling a partnership between the group and their Archewell Basis.

“What you guys are doing right here at Giants of Africa is really superb,” Harry stated of the group. “The ability of sport can change lives. It brings individuals collectively and creates group and there are not any boundaries, which is crucial factor.”

Masai Ujiri, the charity’s president and an ex-NBA star, wished Meghan a cheerful Mom’s Day and acknowledged how exhausting it may be “for us to be away from our children and household to make issues like this occur.”

“To take action exhibits dedication (and) we actually recognize it,” he advised the couple.

Meghan and Harry later attended a fundraiser for Nigeria’s troopers wounded within the nation’s combat towards Islamic extremists and different armed teams in the country’s conflict-battered north. The occasion was associated to Harry’s Invictus Video games, which Nigeria is in search of to host sooner or later.

The couple have been additionally hosted on the Lagos State Authorities Home, the place Meghan obtained one other handwoven Nigerian cloth.

“We’ve prolonged a further invitation to them that they’ll at all times come again once they need to,” Lagos Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu advised reporters.

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Asadu reported from Abuja, Nigeria.