African Royalties

A happy birthday to Their Royal Highnesses Prince Abduralkarem and Sofiat Adeyemi of the Oyo Kingdom in Nigeria.

Their Royal Highnesses are turning one year on October 20th are born to His Imperial Majesty The Alaafin of Oyo and HRH Ayaba ANUOLUWAPO R. ADEYEMI.

On October 16th, twins and their families were welcome to Igbo-Ora town for the 2019 World Twins Festival.

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Baba Alaafin during World Twins Festival 2019@Igbo-ora, Oyo State

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The town which located in the Southwestern region Nigeria is also known as  “TWINS CAPITAL OF THE WORLD” town as almost every native living there is either a twin, has had twin or comes from a family of twins. Even their newly installed traditional monarch HM Oba Jimoh Olagunju Titiloye, the Olu of Igboora is a twin married to a twin and has sets of twins

The festival also welcomed their royal patron and father of twins himself His Imperial Majesty The Alaafin of Oyo and one of his youngest wife HRH Ayaba Anu Adeyemi(who was Royal Mother of the Day and is a mother of soon to be 1 year old twins).

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#Baba#Ibeji# #Iya#Ibeji #tourism#culture Baba Alaafin &Ayaba Anu@just concluded World Twins Festival 2019

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When addressing everyone Oba Adeyemi III, Iku baba yeye(father of twins) said that the festival is a celebration of culture and recognition of Ibeji(twins in Yorubaland) as special children in Yorubaland as the birth of twins heralds peace, progress, prosperity and good luck to their parents and families. He also added that parents should always take good care of them.

On Tuesday His Imperial Majesty Oba Lamidi Adeyemi of the Oyo Kingdom welcome the members of the World Twin Festival Committee Members at the royal palace.

His Imperial Majesty who is also a father of multiple twins(4 sets) from his wives and gets the title of Iku Baba Yeye(father of twins) was accompanied by his youngest wife Her Royal Highness Ayaba(Olori or Queen) Anu Adeyemi with who he had twins(girl and boy) and gets the title of Iya awon Ibeji (mother of twins).

The meeting was arranged by The Alaafin's daughter HRH Princess Folashade Adeyemi and the committee got the blessings of their royal father and patron