Celebrating Ancestors: ADACI Nigeria Meets With the Ooni of Ile-Ife


The African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI) Nigeria on Friday 16, 2016 met with the Paramount ruler of Yoruba land, the Ooni of ile-ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II.




ADACI Nigeria President, Chief Fakunle Oyesanya led members of ADACI NIGERIA to meet the king in order to acquaint him (Ooni) with the programs of ADACI and to seek his collaboration in the next year's 25th Annual Ancestral Commemoration which will be celebrated in June 2017.


The African Diaspora Ancestral Commemoration Institute (ADACI) is dedicated to institutionalizing the commemoration of the millions of Africans lost during the slave trades. Founded in 1992 as a non-profit corporation in Washington, D.C., the purpose of ADACI is to:


•Celebrate the extraordinary collective fortitude that has sustained Africans and their descendants through this massive loss;

•Examine and better understand all the circumstances that led to and sustained this loss so that it will never happen again;


•Acknowledge and strengthen a common bond that connects Africans around the world; and


•Reaffirm the ability of Africans and their descendants to overcome obstacles of enormous magnitude as Africans have in the past, and fortify the inherent strength of Africans that has enabled continued advancement. This reaffirmation is intended to serve as a catalyst in the development of a course of action to remove barriers to our self-determination.

In attendance:

Fakunle Oyesanya • President

Joseph O. Bolanle Oga • Secretary General


Olufunmilola Aina Alokolaro• Treasurer

Kayode Salako • PRO

Fayemi Oyesanya • Member

Nathan  • Member


ADACI branches are in Nigeria, Brazil and Senegal with headquarters in Washington DC USA. Her website is www.adaci.net








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