Famous Rain Queen dies at 27

Modjadji VI, the South African queen believed to make rain, who was crowned two years back has died in hospital aged 27. Descended from a line of rain queens dating back at least 200 years, Makobo Modjadji was the youngest ever to head southern Africa's only female dynasty ruling the Balobedu people in the country's northern Limpopo province.

Modjadji VI, the South African queen believed to make rain, who was crowned two years back has died in hospital aged 27. Descended from a line of rain queens dating back at least 200 years, Makobo Modjadji was the youngest ever to head southern Africa's only female dynasty ruling the Balobedu people in the country's northern Limpopo province.

The queen was a fan of popular television soap operas and walked around with her cellphone glued to her ear in a move analysts said bridged the gap between tradition and modernity. She was the first rain queen to have had a formal education. In line with Balobedu custom, she was not married.

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