The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, led 14 traditional rulers from Yoruba land to Brazil on a tour. The Elerinmo of Erinmo, Oba Michael Odunayo Ajayi was one of the monarchs having made similar trip with the Ooni to the United States of America in the past. In an interview by TUNDE BUSARI, the Elerinmo speaks on the relevance of such outing to the Yoruba nation.
You just returned from Brazil alongside other traditional rulers. What is the importance of that trip?
The trip that we embarked on was spiritually and culturally fulfilling. Why do I say that? If you talk of the United Kingdom, you talk about relationship with our colonial masters. There is no slave in the United States of America. There are many Nigerians who have relocated to the UK. When you talk of the US, you talk of few people who were enslaved and gone into the culture of the new world. That’s what America…
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