Bunmi Adebayo

Bunmi Adebayo a.k.a "OPJ", a Nigerian-American is an alumnus of both the University of Ife, (Now OAU) Ile- Ife Nigeria, and University of Missouri- Columbia, Graduate School, in the United states where he graduated in International relations and New Media respectively. He's also taken Project management courses at the Rutgers University- New Brunswick NJ, also in the United States. OPJ, as he's fondly called attended the prestigious Abeokuta Grammar School and Ogun State Polytechnic both in Abeokuta Nigeria, in the mid 70's and early 80's for his High school and "A" levels education respectively.

Arthur of "Dictionary of African Names, Vol.1: Meanings, Pronunciations and Origin."



This book publishes thousands of African names, their ethnic and country of origin, and English phonetic pronunciation. This is for readers seeking more knowledge about African culture and names.

The book is recommended in the READING KIT published in spring 2007 for English as a Second Language (ESL) supplemental program of English language learners and struggling readers at the high school level by Hampton Brown, a leading publisher of English as a Second Language (ESL) materials and a subsidiary of National Geographic.

Bunmi Akinyemiju

Bunmi Akinyemiju is a busy 31-year-old. The vice president of East Lansing’s high-end Web-development firm, Artemis Solutions Group, CEO of the electronic payment startup, Enliven Software, and director of an “education portal” company in Africa called Splashers Technologies, Bunmi is a young entrepreneur who passionately calls the Lansing area his home.

Born in Lansing, Michigan in 1977 while his Nigerian parents were working on advanced degrees at Michigan State University, he moved back to Africa with his parents when he was five. He returned to MSU at 21.

Programming since the age of 14 , Bunmi holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University. He developed his entrepreneurial and technical skills right from the start, with the first company he started in Africa—Splashers Technologies.

Late last year, he was involved in the acquisition of Fidesic, a Seattle-based electronic invoicing and payment company. He recently led the completion of the first round of start-up financing for the new Michigan-based venture under the company’s new brand, Enliven Software.

Beyond his work with Artemis, Enliven and Splashers, Bunmi also sits on the advisory board for the Michigan State University Children's Initiative (MSUCHI), ran a mentoring program for the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, and served on the Lansing mayor’s task force for economic development, job creation, and converging technologies.

Another Bunmi [Damn, I envy my cousin and that her lovely name ]


Bunmi Ademokoya

Ademokoya is hot and we know it. For Bunmi, a model contest organised by Joan Elumelu-Okorodudu was her launching pad. She later won the Model of the world contest in Turkey. [sebi Yoruba women are fat and ugly right? Let's keep doing our thing, women. Too much! ]

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Bunmi Awoniyi

Attorney Bunmi Awoniyi is the principle and founder of Family Resolution Center, P.C. She opened her Law office in 1994.  Although the emphasis of our practice is Family Law we have broadened the scope of our services to include Immigration and Naturalization Law.  We proudly serve Sacramento County and the surrounding vicinities.

Here is her site, plz, if you ever feel the need to kill your wife, talk to her first. She might be able to talk you out of it : http://www.familyresolution.net/

Family Law issues handled by the firm include:

    * Divorce and Separation
    * California Divorce Overview
    * Mediation Services
    * Collaborative Law
    * Limited Scope or Unbundled Services
    * Child Support
    * Child Support Enforcement/Arrears
    * Child Custody and Visitation
    * Move Away Cases
    * Property Division
    * Spousal Support
    * Paternity
    * Domestic Violence/Restraining Orders
    * Modifications
# Marriage and Family Visas
# Naturalization & Citizenship
# Deportation Defense
# Work Visas


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Check out video on her site.

Segun Gele: Master of Nigeria's gravity-defying headgear - CNN

Segun Gele, or to use his full name Hakeem Oluwasegun Olaleye, is a man making a name for himself in a woman's world.

The Houston-based businessman has made an artform out of tying a gele -- the gravity-defying headwraps worn by Nigerian women.

To meet him is to understand how he became a celebrity in a field only a few years in the making. He's not only a vivacious self-promoter; he's also clearly thrilled to find himself making money doing something that comes so naturally to him.


Segun Gele now charges $650 to tie wraps for brides and their party for Houston weddings, and $1,000 plus hotel, rental car and airfare for out-of-town weddings.

This wedding season he's already flown to Georgia, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts and Maryland. Knowing brides reserve him a year in advance, well aware of his popularity.

Segun, keep spreading our culture around o. May God bless you, uncle





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Yetunde Taiwo

ICY PR | ICY DESIGN STUDIO - Creative Director
Miami, Florida

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Her website : http://www.icypr.com/

Aina Fadina - Nigerian model

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Dennis Ogunlesi Haysbert

good one nigeria

not just yoruba

nice thread

Following in big brother Skepta's the king of grime footsteps, Nigerian British grime rapper JME half yoruba half igbo, Born May 1985, business-savvy JME (a.k.a. Jamie Adenuga) is the founder of the crew and label "Boy Better Know" which includes his big brother Skepta, along  with other big artists such as Wiley and Frisco.  tinie tempah, lethal bizzle pow

shout out to wale for moving to MMG with meek and rick ross- rac national wasnt poppin.

no hands with wock flock flame and rosco dash was getting so much playing time and BET MTV radios.
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i saw his fight on showtime and was amazed undefeated so far.

before


during
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Olabisi Waller,

Nigerian Entrepreneur. . . .US Based CEO of Diverdame

US based Nigerian to launch Diverderme in the country --->

Nike Davis Okundaye: Evangelist of Nigeria’s cultural aesthetics
Saturday, April 16, 2011
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Artist and designer, Nike Davies Okundaye, loves Nigeria, her country. She describes the country as one with an ancient culture that thrives in modern cities, a world that swings with ease between talking drums and the Internet.

For more than 20 years, Nike has given workshops on traditional Nigerian textiles to audiences in America and Europe. She is known for her colourful batik and paintings that offer modernist gloss on traditional themes. Brought up amidst the traditional weaving and dying vocation, Nike is widely practiced in her native village of Ogidi Kogi State, North Central Nigeria.



Her fame as an artist and teacher has taken her all over the globe. Not one to pass up an opportunity, she used her international success to launch a cultural revival, building art centers where young Nigerians master traditional arts and crafts. Whether a specialist in the arts, an enthusiast of African arts or merely interested in a brief immersion in a new culture, Nike offers the opportunity to see Nigeria through fresh eyes.

The Beginning
Mrs. Davis-Okundaye discovered art when she was seven years old. While staying with her great grandmother, she learnt the craft of traditional weaving and dying. Therefore, art comes naturally to her.

Interestingly, Nike ended her formal education at Primary 6 in her village at Ogidi-Ijumu. She didn’t even study art, the medium through which she has achieved global fame. However, she went ahead to teach herself English at home while her great grandmother, late madam Ibitola, an accomplished adire textile maker and a dyer of fabric in her days, passed down the training in art to her.
Watching her great grandmother in the art of adire textile processing and helping her out, Nike walked up the line to become an expert in the adire art, dyeing, weaving, painting and embroidery.
Her early life was full of the twists and turns; of dangerous adventures. At 13, she ran away from home and joined a travelling theatre before settling down to stay with her aunt in Osogbo. It was there that she met the late renowned artist, Suzanne Wenger.

Watching Suzanne work became an inspiration for her and before long, she also started carving, weaving and painting textiles.

She started her first gallery in 1983, in Osogbo. After drinking from the rich fountain of Suzanne Wenger’s spring, she relocated home and branched out on her own, selling her art works as well as holding workshops for people to create or sell their own art pieces.

Her Art Galleries
In 1996, Nike established an Aso-Oke (textile) weaving center at Ogidi-Ijumu for the women of the village. The centre’s impact was felt in the town, employing and empowering more than 200 women. Six years later, she established another art centre, this time the Art and Culture Research Center at Piwoyi village, FCT Abuja. The centre had an art gallery and a textile museum, the first of its kind in Nigeria to provide functional platform for research into Nigerian traditional textile industry in the Federal Capital Territory area of Abuja.

In furtherance of these noble endeavors, Nike is currently the managing director and founder of the following organisations in Nigeria; Nike Art Productions Limited, which she incorporated in 1994, Nike Art Gallery Limited, which she incorporated in 2007 and the Nike Research Centre for Art and Culture Limited, incorporated in 2007. Also in 2007, she founded the Nike Art and Culture Foundation with some eminent Nigerians as trustees, with the aims and objectives of fostering Nigerian cultural heritage.
Mrs. Davis-Okundaye says the purpose of her setting up Art Galleries in Oshogbo, Lagos, Abuja is to promote Nigerian culture and leave a legacy for coming artists. In the building are arts in form of painting, tie and dye, adire, batik, carvings, sculpture and the likes. These are expressions of individuals’ minds or perceptions. It also serves as a tourist centre for visitors while artists hold exhibition there.

What Next for Her?
She says her next move is to present Nigerian art to the world “in a way that people can just admire the beauty of our art”. In this vein, she advises artistes to get more involved in marketing Nigerian arts to the world. “Once our art is marketed to the world, people can value the art more and come to appreciate it better,” she said.

Israel  Idonije(Aidonije) is a Canadian of Edo state origin. To even imply that he is either Yoruba or Igbo is an insult to the other ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Tanure Ojaide is fully Urhobo from Delta state. The Urhobo students of the University of Maiduguri held their meetings in his house within the campus. Though I am an Edo,  my Urhobo colleagues always took me along especially because of the after meeting food and drinks. He was someone we were very proud of during his time there.
Omorose means `a child is beautiful` in Edo.  

Many Edo people have Yoruba names.Yours truly included.It does not make us Yoruba.

Owee (Proverb)

Ojo pa alapa o di amugun fun ewure

Eniti to tu ito si le ton paa re, o mo nkan ti won nfi ito se ni

af'Apoti rori kii gbadun oorun.

Olobe lo loko

Ai gbo'fa la n wo'ke, ifa kan ko si ni para

Ileke ma ja sile ma ja soko ibikan sa lo ma ja si


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bokohalal:

Israel  Idonije(Aidonije) is a Canadian of Edo state origin. To even imply that he is either Yoruba or Igbo is an insult to the other ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Tanure Ojaide is fully Urhobo from Delta state. The Urhobo students of the University of Maiduguri held their meetings in his house within the campus. Though I am an Edo,  my Urhobo colleagues always took me along especially because of the after meeting food and drinks. He was someone we were very proud of during his time there.
Omorose means `a child is beautiful` in Edo.  

Many Edo people have Yoruba names.Yours truly included.It does not make us Yoruba.

Shouldn't that be a reason not to get angry when people mistake you for Yoruba?

aloy/emeka:

Shouldn't that be a reason not to get angry when people mistake you for Yoruba?

I do not get angry when I am mistaken as belonging to any  particular Nigerian community.As a matter of fact, that has advanced some things for me. Wait till you hear my last name.And it is not Yoruba!
Names serve the purpose of identifying a person. I know a black Man called Patel and that name is Gujarati specific.The parents,he said, just liked the name.Some Black Americans have African names.Even names from Kenya.Do you seriously believe they are from the African groups they named themselves after? Like the perennial presidential candidate,Dan Fulani?Does a dog become human because it has a human name?Do I,as a Bini man, assume that a Japanese called Osayuki Osato, is from Edoland?
You should assume nothing about no one until you meet the person .Not every Nigeria  is either Yoruba or Igbo or Hausa.

Top Post,

Fastest man ever in Africa, Soji Fasuba.

In top ten in Africa all time; Olopade Adeniken and Seun Ogunkoya, not too shabby!!

Also on of the first black stars in the NHL Jarome Iginla.

Born and raised in the city of Lagos, in Nigeria, Remi Alade-Chester is certainly on my “Ones to Watch” list. Living in his hometown til the age of eleven, at which point he migrated to California with his immediate family, Remi began a new life on his continuous journey to success. Standing at 6’1, the power-house model with his sculpted physique, flawless skin and a striking face, makes a bold statement.

Remi began modelling around his 20th birthday, which makes it a 2 year career thus far, since he is now 22. Interestingly accelerating through the model industry, Remi gained enough prominence to walk the runway for the Fall 2011 menswear collection of Parisian fashion house Givenchy. Although his fast growth has been a major curve ball, he really could not have had it another way. Remi is currently signed with Vision LA, LA Models Runway, and his mother agency based here in Barbados, Gadal Model Management. ”One major accomplishment for me was being able to finish my last few years at University of California, San Diego, while tackling the travels that came along the new lifestyle as a model; but of course I do not plan to stop there

bokohalal: Israel  Idonije(Aidonije) is a Canadian of Edo state origin. To even imply that he is either Yoruba or Igbo is an insult to the other ethnic groups in Nigeria.
Tanure Ojaide is fully Urhobo from Delta state. The Urhobo students of the University of Maiduguri held their meetings in his house within the campus. Though I am an Edo,  my Urhobo colleagues always took me along especially because of the after meeting food and drinks. He was someone we were very proud of during his time there.
Omorose means `a child is beautiful` in Edo.  

Many Edo people have Yoruba names.Yours truly included.It does not make us Yoruba.

There are also yoruba people with Edo names! At least I know one personally, from Ondo state.

Exciting stories of great Yoruba sons and daughters..

sjeezy8:
The olympios-
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Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio first president of togo
Olympio served as the Prime Minister of Togo from 1958 to 1961, during which time he held elections to consolidate his power. He then served as the first President of Togo between 1961 and 1963, obtaining seats in an election that barred Nicolas Grunitzky's party. Opposition leaders, such as Anani Santos, Antoine Meatchi and Nicolas Gruntitzky were either jailed in Mango prison or exiled to Ghana and Benin. Using "Ablode Sodja" militia the President squashed political dissident.[citation needed].
During his presidency, Olympio pursued a pro-Western foreign policy. At one point, he visited the United States and had a friendly meeting with President John F. Kennedy. Togo maintained friendly relations with most of its neighbors, but relations with neighboring Ghana and its leader Kwame Nkrumah were consistently poor. Within the country, each state supported the other's dissidents.

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Gilchrist Olympio (born 26 December 1936) is a Togolese politician and the President of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), the country's main opposition party. He is the son of former President Sylvanus Olympio, who was assassinated in a 1963 coup.

Olympio was born in Lomé and he studied mathematics and philosophy in the United States, and in the United Kingdom at the London School of Economics and Oxford University, where he received a doctorate[1][2] in economics. He worked at the United Nations in fiscal and financial studies from 1963 to 1964 and then as an economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1964 to 1970 and later returned to Africa to pursue business.

is he Yoruba though?


seems his grandmother may have been Yoruba, but the family is descended from Portuguese paternal and African maternal ancestry.