Yoruba's just dey flex, seeking more development... these other ones just dey kill kill, bomb bomb, this is the outcome of the good home training Yorubas inculcate in their young ones... Let others just follow there us progress in PEACE

He visiting UN, have you heard of UNESCO? , i schooled in ife and i know the developmental rate before he ascended the throne nothing to write home about, a town that host a renowned federal university for over 50 years and can not boast of any major industrial firm not that the manpower or intellectuals are not in the town, if he travelling around is what will bring investors let him continue, over the past few months things have been changing in ife with regards investment

SirShymexx:


Lol. Each to their own but not everything is worth celebrating. The man stays acting like an owanbe King, when he's actually the custodian of the gods and tradition as the Ooni of Ife.

Who travels to project culture by visiting UN, and other inconsequential political nonsense? Oyo which is even more political doesn't get involved in what this one gets involved and when he visited the Americas, he went to Bahia where there's a huge Yoruba diaspora and Oyotunji in the US, which is actually a Yoruba village. He didn't turn to Jaffe Joffer like this guy lol.

He has to be the most lousy King in history. I won't be surprised if I were to see him visit Jay Z in his office and throw up the Roc sign lol.

While I can't vouch for the Ooni meeting the president, it was my efforts as a Brooklyn born man to an Ife Prince that met with Ooni who didn't know me from Adam back in March. He was completely unaware about my stature in Ife through my dad. But my interest was to bring him to the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn to forge ties with the African diaspora of Trinidadians, Jamaicans, Bajans, African Americans, Puerto Ricans...the African diaspora I grew up around and places where yoruba culture survived stronger than any African culture that was brought through the slave trade. Not only did Ooni meet me in Ife as late as 10pm....10pm in slow ass Ife...willing to meet me in his home as we sat down for over an hour and talked about the return of our Ife antiquities, the slave trade, his willingness to reach out to the diaspora at large. It was as if he was relieved to move beyond the celebrations and talk about our stature in the black world.

And guess what? Three months later, here we are...he'll be at MoCADA, an activist museum speaking on those things.

I can't say enough how proud I am of this monarch. As a person who could have ran to become Ooni, he has my backing.

And for the record, someone brought up the Oyotunji Village in SC. He will be visiting there along with the St. Helen Islands in SC where our culture still exists. So thank you for further verifying that the very thing you believe a real king would do, he actually is doing.

Is refreshing to meet a fellow Yoruba man who values our culture's presence.

Thank you Senator Kevin Parker for the symbolic gesture, legislating that June 13th is Yourba Day. As a Brooklyn head, seeing my two homes join hands is a blessing...

I'm out...

If the Ooni shows up 5 hours late, President Obama ain't got time for shit.

I'm a sensible Nigerian that can read between the lines and think critically to catch a red herring. This news is fraught with garbage and distracting embellishments; it's lauģhable that some of us got gullibly over-stimulated by a costumed royal minion who goes to America, just like anybody with money and a shallow crowd of praise singers. Rather than get tribally empowered to bash others, have you asked the cerebral and neutral questions that can make you seem enlightened: If the Ooni or Obi or Emir were so important and recognized in America, won't they be officially received by the mayor, like Bill De Blasio of New York himself, over red carpet and treated to a stately welcome at the City Hall. More so, the reputable media, screen and print alike, would be all over it. I'm yet to see a headline in the papers or TV that herald the "Coming to America" of the King of Zamunda (oops...Ooni of Ife) and his speculated visit to the White House to see Obama and get an award. For what is the award given? What value does the visit offer the US? My knowledge of how Nigerians can form a posse to forcefully hype and elevate one of their clan chiefs or king, methinks the indigenes and supporters are desperately behind this - going about putting up banners and forcing him and his culture on the American people, just to have bragging power. Please, let's not celebrate primitive and pretentious lifestyles, rather let the focus be om things that matter, of superlative quality - light, roads, schools, police force, healthcare, sanitation, and city planning.

How will reputable media attend events like this when the Ooni shows up extremely late to events?

5, 6 hours late

American media don't have the time.

Show up early. Spend 30 mins leave that's power.

Not show up 5, 6 hours late.

That's foolish.

Ogurube:
I'm a sensible Nigerian that can read between the lines and think critically to catch a red herring. This news is fraught with garbage and distracting embellishments; it's lauģhable that some of us got gullibly over-stimulated by a costumed royal minion who goes to America, just like anybody with money and a shallow crowd of praise singers. Rather than get tribally empowered to bash others, have you asked the cerebral and neutral questions that can make you seem enlightened: If the Ooni or Obi or Emir were so important and recognized in America, won't they be officially received by the mayor, like Bill De Blasio of New York himself, over red carpet and treated to a stately welcome at the City Hall. More so, the reputable media, screen and print alike, would be all over it. I'm yet to see a headline in the papers or TV that herald the "Coming to America" of the King of Zamunda (oops...Ooni of Ife) and his speculated visit to the White House to see Obama and get an award. For what is the award given? What value does the visit offer the US? My knowledge of how Nigerians can form a posse to forcefully hype and elevate one of their clan chiefs or king, methinks the indigenes and supporters are desperately behind this - going about putting up banners and forcing him and his culture on the American people, just to have bragging power. Please, let's not celebrate primitive and pretentious lifestyles, rather let the focus be om things that matter, of superlative quality - light, roads, schools, police force, healthcare, sanitation, and city planning.

Thank you for being the spokesman for Americans.

And thank you for speaking for Mayor DeBlasio's office when the Ooni's time was never about being here in the city. It was arranged for him to be in Newark where he met the Mayor there. His time in the city was to be at the UN, visit the AU before making a stop at the African Burial Grounds which he all did yesterday. DeBlasio doesn't validate who is or isn't worthy.

He'll be back in NYC to speak to the diaspora. Hopefully, he leave here with ties I'm working on which will benefit my parents hometown.

Again...I can't vouch for the White House thing.

but the apples to oranges comparisons....keep it going my dude. You're mad salty for some reason.

SirShymexx:
Lool.

The man is really the modern day King Jaffe Joffer of Zamunda and isn't shocking Jaffe Joffer also got recognition in New York? Lol

This is just lousy...even the Queen doesn't make too much noise when she visits the US and that's a country founded by King George and the DMV, and Virginia still maintains its direct Britishness.

Hopefully, when he returns to naij, someone will advise him to start staying in his palace more often and also start acting like a proper King.

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You shouldn't vouch for anything about his visit being offici@l or recognized by non-Nigerians, be it in NJ, NY, PA, or WDC. I bet none of the public administrators know him or care much about a village head from a backward and depraved country as ours, not to mention mayors. The media would carry it if he were. It's OK if he's there to hangout with his village subjects during cultural events in the aforementioned states, but don't use it as a conduit to tap into the American infuence to elevate his position. That won't flow well with the well-rounded ones. Go spew your drivels elsewhere.

Bigchee72:


Thank you for being the spokesman for Americans.

And thank you for speaking for Mayor DeBlasio's office when the Ooni's time was never about being here in the city. It was arranged for him to be in Newark where he met the Mayor there. His time in the city was to be at the UN, visit the AU before making a stop at the African Burial Grounds which he all did yesterday. DeBlasio doesn't validate who is or isn't worthy.

He'll be back in NYC to speak to the diaspora. Hopefully, he leave here with ties I'm working on which will benefit my parents hometown.

Again...I can't vouch for the White House thing.

but the apples to oranges comparisons....keep it going my dude. You're mad salty for some reason.

Ogurube:
You shouldn't vouch for anything about his visit being offici@l or recognized by non-Nigerians, be it in NJ, NY, PA, or WDC. I bet none of the public administrators know him or care much about a village head from a backward and depraved country as ours, not to mention mayors. The media would carry it if he were. It's OK if he's there to hangout with his village subjects during cultural events in the aforementioned states, but don't use it as a conduit to tap into the American infuence to elevate his position. That won't flow well with the well-rounded ones. Go spew your drivels elsewhere.

Well said, and if you want Americans to give a Bleep, show up on time.

Obama is NEVER late to events, why would he?

Honor and respect other people's time.

Ogurube:
You shouldn't vouch for anything about his visit being offici@l or recognized by non-Nigerians, be it in NJ, NY, PA, or WDC. None of the mayors know him or care much about a village head from a backward and depraved country as ours. It's OK if he's there to hangout with his village subjects during cultural events in the aforementioned states, but don't use it as a conduit to tap into the American infuence to elevate his position. That won't flow well with the well-rounded ones. Go spew your drives elsewhere.

You do know there's an order of protocol before meeting with officials, right? You do know someone representing Ooni has to reach out to officials first letting them know of his arrival, right? You do know that we didn't bother reaching out to half of the DeBlasio and other official types you're giving white sainthood to, right? You do know that the bulk of this trip is to forge economic and cultural relationships to the benefit of Ife, right?

Again...thank you for being the spokesman on mayors you've never met before and what they care about.

Again....thank you for Knowing that this is about elevating his position when I personally know In meeting him(yes...I'm talking about someone I actually met while you are.......?) that he's drained by all of the celebrations. Dude said "another celebration" and rolled his eyes because he's tired of it. His interest is in building relationships. That's why he's going to obscure MoCADA, not the Met or the Natiral Museum of History....the big boys full of our antiquities which would raise his profile.

Another salty ass Nigerian who thinks the worst of things because their arrogance doesn't allow him to say "hmmmmm....I didn't know that" opting to say "I didn't like this dude before this trip, so I'm gonna hate about it."

Just salty for nothing.

gunther6:
No no no... This is gbegiri news, Obama is receiving Obi of Onitsha not Ooni of Ife infact Donald Trump will attend the next ofala festival, pls op correct the news, it is a well known fact that Igbo's own 40% of the properties in New York City, we developed it...

igbo own 40% of the properties in New York? Big lie but still I need the source for this and evidence...But wait o even if this is true then all igbo must be like a prodigal son for developing lagos,kano and all over Asian continent for bombard there with hard drugs and now NYC and igbo land is still as it be since the era of Lord Lugard or is it a curse? Anyhow sha #uncleyoucanlieoo#

Ogurube:
I'm a sensible Nigerian that can read between the lines and think critically to catch a red herring. This news is fraught with garbage and distracting embellishments; it's lauģhable that some of us got gullibly over-stimulated by a costumed royal minion who goes to America, just like anybody with money and a shallow crowd of praise singers. Rather than get tribally empowered to bash others, have you asked the cerebral and neutral questions that can make you seem enlightened: If the Ooni or Obi or Emir were so important and recognized in America, won't they be officially received by the mayor, like Bill De Blasio of New York himself, over red carpet and treated to a stately welcome at the City Hall. More so, the reputable media, screen and print alike, would be all over it. I'm yet to see a headline in the papers or TV that herald the "Coming to America" of the King of Zamunda (oops...Ooni of Ife) and his speculated visit to the White House to see Obama and get an award. For what is the award given? What value does the visit offer the US? My knowledge of how Nigerians can form a posse to forcefully hype and elevate one of their clan chiefs or king, methinks the indigenes and supporters are desperately behind this - going about putting up banners and forcing him and his culture on the American people, just to have bragging power. Please, let's not celebrate primitive and pretentious lifestyles, rather let the focus be om things that matter, of superlative quality - light, roads, schools, police force, healthcare, sanitation, and city planning.

I noticed it too.
I watched the video of his arrival. He was welcomed by some yorubas. The people he arrived with (who I hope funded the trip out of their own pocket) where even more than the people waiting for his arrival.
An European monarchy would have been received with all the pomp and circumstance, i.e state officials, red carpet, police motorcade e.t.c
at the end of the day, the regular average Joe in America see the ooni and his fellow travel mates as just some niggas from a 3rd world African country visiting their country just like any other tourist.

princey83:

I noticed it too.
I watched the video of his arrival. He was welcomed by some yorubas. The people he arrived with (who I hope funded the trip out of their own pocket) where even more than the people waiting for his arrival.
An European monarchy would have been received with all the pomp and circumstance, i.e state officials, red carpet, police motorcade e.t.c
at the end of the day, the regular average Joe in America see the ooni and his fellow travel mates as just some niggas from a 3rd world country African country.

The Ooni had a police motorcade and escort.

obowunmi:

The Ooni had a police motorcade and escort.

I didn't see that in the video though.

princey83:

I didn't see that in the video though.

he had a police escort and will have one again when he comes to Brooklyn on Monday. Either way, why do people like yourself use Europeans as the standard? Why do you always give white people and their behavior sainthood?

Who cares what European monarchs do. This is why sometimes I'm glad I was raised in the United States. Too many Nigerians have a colonialist mind state worshiping everything the European Masters do.

Bigchee72:
he had a police escort and will have one again when he comes to Brooklyn on Monday. Either way, why do people like yourself use Europeans as the standard? Why do you always give white people and their behavior sainthood?

Who cares what European monarchs do. This is why sometimes I'm glad I was raised in the United States. Too many Nigerians have a colonialist mind state worshiping everything the European Masters do.

The question should be why do our royals not get the respect they deserve when they visit foreign countries. They got these respect some 50-60 years ago . what has changed?
And no one cares where you were raised. is that some sort of bragging rights?
shymex was born and raised in a developed country. a proper Yoruba boy, and he has a different opinion too.

princey83:

The question should be why do our royals not get the respect they deserve when they visit foreign countries. They got these respect some 50-60 years ago . what has changed?
And no one cares where you were raised. is that some sort of bragging rights?
shymex was born and raised in a developed country. a proper Yoruba boy, and he has a different opinion too.

Nah. You assumed he wasn't and are still on it. You're not even here and know what he's not getting....even to believing he didn't have a police escort.

The arrogance is incredible, number 1. You're in no position to even know what he's being or not being given...but you just "know" in your gut that it's a lack of respect.

I love my people, man. We stay looking at the glass half empty before its even filled with water

SirShymexx:
Lool.

The man is really the modern day King Jaffe Joffer of Zamunda and isn't shocking Jaffe Joffer also got recognition in New York? Lol

This is just lousy...even the Queen doesn't make too much noise when she visits the US and that's a country founded by King George and the DMV, and Virginia still maintains its direct Britishness.

Hopefully, when he returns to naij, someone will advise him to start staying in his palace more often and also start acting like a proper King.

this is the first sensible post that I'm seeing on this thread. You see I'm proud of the Nigerian monarch but this show is really unecessary but people will misconstrue it as being jealous. Like you said: even the queen doesn't make this much noise.

Africans and this mindset of " my tribe is better than yours"

It's really pathetic.

Allee90:
We Hausa Fulanis enjoy this fight between Yorubas nd Igbos eventhough our support goes to the Yorubas. Hating aint good for Igbos kaji ko

you are funny though. Why do you have to take the back bench you could come aboard and see to the development of your people because I also like to see the "fight" as a healthy competition to the betterment of those involved.

Can I vouch for his meeting with obama? I think not.

sukkot:
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Lol, why're you always doing this? Not everything must be "Us" vs. "Them". People should be allowed to express themselves freely when certain things aren't just right.

This king started well, but like a typical nyggah, he decided to overdo everything. From making a who.re a housewife, to the endless unnecessary visits to all kinds of people thus reducing the prestige of the stool of his forebears in the process. Heck, I saw a picture of him visiting Obafemi Martins last week. What type of king is that, especially a prominent Yoruba king? Have you ever seen the Queen visit David Beckham?

Now this noisy and inconsequential adventure to New York city with lousy claims about New York declaring Yoruba day and Obama honouring him. If New York cared about his visit, they would've given him the same treatment the British Royal family get every time they visit Virginia. Also, we all know how Obama welcomes Gulf royals whenever they visit America. And I know darn well he's not out there to promote Yoruba culture - he just went there as one of his unnecessary owanbe wandering. If he actually cared about promoting Yoruba culture - he would've visited Oyotunji and graced the Odunde festival in Philly. No he didn't do none of that - he went to the UN headquarters as a tourist. The man just stays disgracing Yorubas everywhere cos he can't sit his arse down on his throne.

If he's interested in politics and celebrity status - he should vacate the throne for someone who can be a proper king. This is just too much right now.

I don't support nonsense...same way I don't support the politics of servitude to Booharry and Fulani some of these clowns on here thrive in.

Sukkot

Queen in Virginia

1). Queen and the governor of Virginia





2). Queen arriving in Virginia and the governor's wife greeting her





3). School kids welcoming the Queen





This guy is Jaffe Joffer of Zamunda with his unnecessary wandering.

shegra58:
igbo own 40% of the properties in New York? Big lie but still I need the source for this and evidence...But wait o even if this is true then all igbo must be like a prodigal son for developing lagos,kano and all over Asian continent for bombard there with hard drugs and now NYC and igbo land is still as it be since the era of Lord Lugard or is it a curse? Anyhow sha #uncleyoucanlieoo#

You didn't spot his sarcasm.

SirShymexx:


Lol, why're you always doing this? Not everything must be "Us" vs. "Them". People should be allowed to express themselves freely when certain things aren't just right.

This king started well, but like a typical nyggah, he decided to overdo everything. From making a who.re a housewife, to the endless unnecessary visits to all kinds of people thus reducing the prestige of the stool of his forebears in the process. Heck, I saw a picture of him visiting Obafemi Martins last week. What type of king is that, especially a prominent Yoruba king? Have you ever seen the Queen visit David Beckham?

Now this noisy and inconsequential adventure to New York city with lousy claims about New York declaring Yoruba day and Obama honouring him. If New York cared about his visit, they would've given him the same treatment the British Royal family get every time they visit Virginia. Also, we all know how Obama welcomes Gulf royals whenever they visit America. And I know darn well he's not out there to promote Yoruba culture - he just went there as one of his unnecessary owanbe wandering. If he actually cared about promoting Yoruba culture - he would've visited Oyotunji and graced the Odunde festival in Philly. No he didn't do none of that - he went to the UN headquarters as a tourist. The man just stays disgracing Yorubas everywhere cos he can't sit his arse down on his throne.

If he's interested in politics and celebrity status - he should vacate the throne for someone who can be a proper king. This is just too much right now.

I don't support nonsense...same way I don't support the politics of servitude to Booharry and Fulani some of these clowns on here thrive in.

You mean this Odunde festival he is attending TOMMORROW? .


Dudes are mad at him for an event that hasn't even started!!

Now that he is going there and it fits your criteria, what will you choose to be mad at this time?

SirShymexx:


Lol, why're you always doing this? Not everything must be "Us" vs. "Them". People should be allowed to express themselves freely when certain things aren't just right.

This king started well, but like a typical nyggah, he decided to overdo everything. From making a who.re a housewife, to the endless unnecessary visits to all kinds of people thus reducing the prestige of the stool of his forebears in the process. Heck, I saw a picture of him visiting Obafemi Martins last week. What type of king is that, especially a prominent Yoruba king? Have you ever seen the Queen visit David Beckham?

Now this noisy and inconsequential adventure to New York city with lousy claims about New York declaring Yoruba day and Obama honouring him. If New York cared about his visit, they would've given him the same treatment the British Royal family get every time they visit Virginia. Also, we all know how Obama welcomes Gulf royals whenever they visit America. And I know darn well he's not out there to promote Yoruba culture - he just went there as one of his unnecessary owanbe wandering. If he actually cared about promoting Yoruba culture - he would've visited Oyotunji and graced the Odunde festival in Philly. No he didn't do none of that - he went to the UN headquarters as a tourist. The man just stays disgracing Yorubas everywhere cos he can't sit his arse down on his throne.

If he's interested in politics and celebrity status - he should vacate the throne for someone who can be a proper king. This is just too much right now.

I don't support nonsense...same way I don't support the politics of servitude to Booharry and Fulani some of these clowns on here thrive in.

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shepherd77:


You didn't spot his sarcasm.

lol I later did but not until after I quote it

Bigchee72:


You mean this Odunde festival he is attending TOMMORROW? .

Post pictures of that, if he makes it there and stop disturbing sane people with porkies of exaggerated and inconsequential things some owanbe guy who wants to be a celebrity so bad that he had to keep desecrating a prestigious throne for his inane desires.

canalily:
Wetin concern Obama with Ooni and Ife people

Tweet your question to Obama pls!

Bigchee72:


You mean this Odunde festival he is attending TOMMORROW? .


Dudes are mad at him for an event that hasn't even started!!

Now that he is going there and it fits your criteria, what will you choose to be mad at this time?

lolz checkmate. thanks for that post. shymmexx needs to keep quiet for real