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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2018Please join Yeyeoba (Princess) Ifabunmi Adefunmi to celebrate the life and legacy of H.R.M. Oba Efuntola Adefunmi I, first King of Oyotunji, SC. February 2-11, 2018
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS February 2: Drum ceremony, welcome dinner and mixer February 3: Ancestral Veneration Workshops, celebration February 4: Black History lecture, Anti-Slavery presentation February 5: Visit local community groups February 6: Tour historical sites February 7: Interviews with local media groups February 8: Deliver African Diaspora presentation February 9: Igbe Galade Festival Opening ceremonies February 10: Orisa Education Workshops, Temple Tours, Drumming and Dancing February 11: Bembe, Ancestral Masquerade, Closing Ceremonies |
Expected guests and those to be honored with Awards of Recognition & Excellence include the following distinguished monarchs, traditionalists and eminent personalities from Yoruba land, Nigeria:
Oyotunji African Village is known for its historical Ancient African Tradition and Cultural Heritage teachings and practices, while also educating on the historical events of the Black American experience.
- HRM Oba Lateef Babatunde Ogunrombi (HRM Oba of Shasha Kingdom) – A Royal Father in Lagos State, Nigeria
- Hajia Yinka Paramole-Shabi – Team Leader/Nigeria’s Project Director
- Adegbola Afolashade Kalifat – an Osun Devotee
- Asimiu Oluwatele Akobada – Ibeju-Lekki High Chief/Art Enthusiast/Estate Manager
- Adegboye Siyanbade Adeyemo – Traditionalist
- Oyebajo Memood Olatunji – Baale of Eyita Community in Ikorodu, Lagos State
- Chineke Chrisen Ngozi – Organization: The Enigma (LAMURGER); Convener, Modern Day Slavery & Human Trafficking, Lagos State
- Adefioye Mukaila Adeyinka
- Adeyemi Adeniyi Saheed
- Abbey Sulaiman Kasali – Osun Devotee/Designer
Oyotunji African Village is known for its historical Ancient African Tradition and Cultural Heritage teachings and practices, while also educating on the historical events of the Black American experience.
