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Queen but no castle: Princess who has seen it all

Princess Jullie during her performance in Nairobi on Sunday, June 27, 2010. [Boniface Okendo,Standard]

She says her descent into the woes that came to characterise her life started when her prince and husband, Julius Owino or Prince Jully, passed on. Yet, unlike Chinua Achebe’s lead character Okonkwo in ‘Things Fall Apart’ whose world crumbled upon conceding defeat, Benga queen Lilian Auma, popular with her fans as Princess Jully, appears unstoppable.

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