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[00:00:47] Thank you for joining us on Diaspora Connect, where we champion
[00:00:51] Excellence by spotlight in the resilience of Nigerian
[00:00:55] citizens, breaking barriers and making a difference
[00:00:58] across the world. We explore identity, origin and
[00:01:02] diverse journeys of Nigerians in the diaspora. I
[00:01:06] am Abbosidinia
[00:01:11] of dremy. What Diaspora Connect
[00:01:15] does is to connect you to your roots. Let's
[00:01:19] of check out these fun facts on our did you
[00:01:22] of know
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[00:02:47] Some really amazing facts there now to our focus
[00:02:51] today, reconnecting to the roots through
[00:02:55] DNA. My guest is Prince John James
[00:02:58] Olomo, he is a US based Nigerian heritage
[00:03:01] entrepreneur and founder of
[00:03:03] of Tribal Tapesty Heritage Services LLC, a platform using
[00:03:07] DNA and genealogy to reconnect the African
[00:03:11] Diaspora with your ancestral tribes across
[00:03:14] a Africa. He is prince of Shasha Kingdom and
[00:03:17] of the Shenlu Royal House of Imota in Ikurodu Lagos as well
[00:03:21] as Ikurodu kingdom.
[00:03:25] Now through these traditional roles he works closely with royal
[00:03:28] institutions.
[00:03:30] to turn cultural heritage into soft power and
[00:03:34] economic opportunity. He joins us as we explore how Africa
[00:03:38] and
[00:03:39] a particularly Nigeria can use its heritage, diaspora and
[00:03:42] identity to strengthen its global influence. Prince Alama, good
[00:03:46] to have you join us on the
[00:03:47] of program. Thank you very
[00:03:49] a much, thank you very much. Good morning and thank you for having me today. You will
[00:03:53] agree that not too many people bear
[00:03:56] a the title of heritage entrepreneur, so tell us the story, how did
[00:04:00] you choose this, did you stumble into eat, or is it the case
[00:04:03] of the field choosing you? i think it's
[00:04:06] all
[00:04:07] of the above. um, for me, i was, i was
[00:04:10] of actually born in the US, in the United States
[00:04:13] and i traced my roots uh through
[00:04:16] DNA and genealogy for about nine years
[00:04:20] uh to determine my tribe, which is uh, i'm a Europa men
[00:04:24] of southwest Nigeria, and after I discovered my
[00:04:28] tribe, I went further, and uh found my
[00:04:31] family and and learned that I descend from
[00:04:34] e-korodu um and and that's my story and so
[00:04:38] I picked up uh royal titles through initiations along
[00:04:42] the
[00:04:43] of way uh but it's been an exciting journey and it has
[00:04:46] inspired my life's work so that other
[00:04:49] African-Americans and others in the diaspora can do
[00:04:53] the same thing but instead of taking a decade they can do it
[00:04:57] in a matter of two or three months but how did you get to that? point where
[00:05:00] you made a choice to
[00:05:02] of trace your rules, you know, many people
[00:05:06] growing up in the US, they grow up with this this question
[00:05:10] mark of of who am I and... and where do i come
[00:05:14] from? and so for me it was a burning desire since i
[00:05:18] was really teenager to one day trace my roots to
[00:05:21] africa and learn where i come from. you say that knowledge
[00:05:25] is power, but
[00:05:26] what i've actually learned is that when you actually touch the
[00:05:30] source of your origin, that's when you activate that
[00:05:34] power and you transform into something greater. all
[00:05:38] right, and we know just like you mentioned, you hold quite a number of
[00:05:41] your... titles you become what the eurob would come and
[00:05:45] is it so but how exactly does that
[00:05:48] influence your work out there uh
[00:05:52] it it influences my work completely um when i initially
[00:05:56] traced my roots landed in shasha kingdom
[00:06:00] in ali mosho legos nigeria and um after
[00:06:04] going through several a rights of of
[00:06:07] passage and initiations uh they titled me
[00:06:11] there as prince of shasha kingdom, but my
[00:06:15] blood line actually flows through ekoro, i descend
[00:06:19] from the olomal blood line, and mosene
[00:06:23] is the father the olomals and not to get too much
[00:06:27] into the
[00:06:28] the cultural history there, but mosene has big
[00:06:32] history, that's a chieftency family ekoro,
[00:06:35] and through there, um, my blood line is directly from the
[00:06:39] shinlu royal house of emota, all right?
[00:06:42] and now you run a firm that helped people discover
[00:06:46] or rediscover their roots as it way, tell us about
[00:06:50] that and the significance of DNA
[00:06:53] you know actually helping unite Africans and
[00:06:56] African-Americans? yes,
[00:06:59] so so many African-Americans they want to
[00:07:02] know what part of Africa they come from, they want to
[00:07:06] know the tribe that they come from, and what's exciting is
[00:07:10] that about half the African american population is
[00:07:14] actually a Nigerian descent, and so
[00:07:18] that actually creates a very big opportunity for
[00:07:21] Nigeria to leverage its soft power and
[00:07:25] connect with what we sometimes call the
[00:07:28] African-American tribe to for Nigeria to
[00:07:32] connect with those were taken away. I know that
[00:07:35] there are many efforts that Nigeria makes to
[00:07:39] connect to diaspora who have decided to leave and... get work
[00:07:43] abroad, that's important uh, that's great,
[00:07:46] but we should remember that for 400 years people
[00:07:50] were stolen, and the children of those who were
[00:07:54] stolen now want to come back home, and so if
[00:07:57] Nigeria could open her arms and offer
[00:08:01] something like dual citizenship based on
[00:13:55] Thank you very much our father, just to announce that by 5 pm his
[00:13:58] excellency
[00:14:03] please, all of us will be received at the banquet hall within the government
[00:14:07] house premises for for lunch, all of
[00:14:10] us banquet hall within the government house premises for
[00:14:13] lunch, but let
[00:14:15] me let
[00:14:18] me announce that by 5 pm
[00:14:22] his excellency is visiting it to local. government area
[00:14:25] today, 5 p.m. today, the governor
[00:14:29] will visit it to local government
[00:14:32] area for the commissioning the
[00:14:35] 2.7 km road with
[00:14:38] the 1.4 km underground drains 5
[00:14:42] p.m. it to local government area, but
[00:14:46] then for lunch all of those that have
[00:14:48] received the assess cards
[00:14:52] should proceed to the banquet hall with in the government house
[00:14:56] premises, the governor will be there to receive
[00:14:59] you, so we share launch together. thank you very much, the press
[00:15:03] team.
[00:16:56] Ogun state, southwest Nigeria is one the most prominent
[00:17:00] states in the country. The state derives its
[00:17:04] name from the Ogun river, above.
[00:17:07] river that flows through the state and empties into the
[00:17:11] ligos lagoon
[00:17:15] on this quest really you you know before
[00:17:19] i actually discovered my tribe i had a journal
[00:17:23] next to my bed and i was waking up writing down different
[00:17:27] words and didn't know the meaning of those words at all
[00:17:31] um in fact when i googled some
[00:17:33] of those words i thought they were evo words and it turned out
[00:17:37] um my blood obviously is is is Yurupa
[00:17:40] and those same words exist in our language
[00:17:44] as well um so the language
[00:17:48] was the the beginning, i do pick up on
[00:17:52] Nigeria and the
[00:17:55] internation better when I'm actually there on the soil and
[00:17:59] then when I come back here it starts to fade uh a little bit
[00:18:03] so I'm happy to hear you say uh that that I at least pronounce my
[00:18:07] hometown properly uh ecorou um
[00:18:11] but again though even in Ekoro du we actually trace back to
[00:18:15] emota uh from the uh Shinlu Royal house in
[00:18:19] emota um so yes
[00:18:22] i my goal for 2026 is
[00:18:25] that by the end of that year um fluent or at least
[00:18:29] completely conversational don't worry prince alum we could always
[00:18:33] arrange you know some language classes and then we dust this off and the
[00:18:37] word was that prince john james is a true
[00:18:41] son the soil, okay that might sound a bit
[00:18:44] hard, but it's what it is really, i sincerely appreciate you for your time
[00:18:48] on the show today, prince john
[00:18:50] james,
[00:18:55] thank you very much, thank you, i will take you up on the
[00:18:58] offer, all right then, all right, thank
[00:19:01] you, well what a
[00:19:04] conversation, talking about how we can really
[00:19:08] trace our root, especially using DNA, so
[00:19:12] science has made the world lot easier, so so many
[00:19:16] Nigerians out there in the diaspora who do
[00:19:18] not even know they have links to Nigeria, now is the
[00:19:22] time, this is the opportunity, make the most of
[00:19:26] it. Next on the show is culture
[00:19:29] connects.
[00:19:51] From Lagos to London, from Abuja to Atlanta,
[00:19:55] Nigerians exporting modern music and movies,
[00:19:59] new generation in the diaspora is finding creative ways to
[00:20:02] monetize what they know, how they leave and what they love
[00:20:06] about home. Across major cities like
[00:20:10] London, Toronto, Houston, Nigerians are
[00:20:13] blending heritage with entrepreneurship. They are teaching
[00:20:17] languages, hosting popup kitchens, designing Ankara
[00:20:21] streetware and advising global brands and authentic cultural
[00:20:24] storytelling. This cultural economy
[00:20:28] is not just about profit, it's about preserving identity
[00:20:32] and sharing Nigeria's vibrant traditions with the
[00:20:34] world. For many, These adventures began
[00:20:38] as passion projects, teaching yuruba, igo and other languages
[00:20:42] online, organizing dance classes or sharing recipes on
[00:20:46] social media. Today they have become thriving business.
[00:20:50] powered by curiosity and a global appetite for authentic African
[00:20:54] experiences, from fashion runways to music
[00:20:57] festivals, Nigerian creativity is not part the global
[00:21:00] conversation. Cultural entrepreneurs are not only
[00:21:04] earning, but they are redefining how the world sees
[00:21:08] Nigeria.
[00:21:33] As we wrap up the conversation today, remember home
[00:21:37] is home, it is where the heart
[00:21:40] is. Trace your history, make
[00:21:44] the most of it and contribute a quarter towards the development
[00:21:48] of our great nation. Nigeria, until the next
[00:21:52] time, keep exhuding the glow of a true Nigerian,
[00:21:56] the unbeatable Niger spirit. I am
[00:21:59] Abbosed, I'll see you again,
[00:22:03] goodbye.
[00:22:24] At tv news, wherever the big news stories happening,
[00:22:28] we're get up to break it, tv news first
[00:22:32] with breaking
[00:22:35] news.
[00:22:52] In my travels, I see many fascinating things and
[00:22:55] people,
[00:23:16] kulikuli is a popular staple snack made from are not across
[00:23:20] Nigeria, I share with you the story of woman who trained
[00:23:24] that children in school and built a house making and
[00:23:28] selling the humble but
[00:23:30] delicious
[00:23:35] kulikuli.
[00:23:50] Shekara ya kai kusan goma ya wannan sana
[00:23:53] kuma na cin albarkashinsa, ina ce ma alla na gode
[00:23:57] masa, wani abubuwa da neke
[00:24:00] na ne, ba kuni na wani na jikina, Allah sa
[00:24:04] albarkansa ciki, amma ya tene, yara
[00:24:07] na su shida ne, kuma ada shi ne musu
[00:24:10] makaranta, sun gama secondary su biyu, aurar kuma da
[00:24:14] daya mace, kanninsu biyu suna na baya tukuna sulin
[00:24:18] ba su gama secondary ba. In Allah yadda da shi na ke
[00:24:21] taimako.
[00:24:26] Rashin lafiya, ci mu, shamu, duka
[00:24:29] ciki. Kwana goma,
[00:24:32] shine 15. In tuya shi, mai da kan
[00:24:36] samu galan har da kwalba uku
[00:24:39] ciki. Karagon kuma, zan kulla
[00:24:43] shi, zai kai neara 20 cikin. Dun
[00:24:47] albarkan Allah. Ina
[00:24:50] da so samuwa mutane da za su cimuriyana a baya da su kai kamar
[00:24:54] goma.
[00:25:16] There is always more to story than this criminal line.
[00:25:20] the part
[00:25:20] of story that is not told casts a shadow, it's like the
[00:25:24] part of an object that is not riched by light. on tv series i'm
[00:25:28] able to explore the many angers the out of story, talking to
[00:25:32] stakeholders, asking the difficult questions and diging for
[00:25:35] facts. i believe the viewers are able to make better decision if they're well
[00:25:39] informed and understand not just a part,
[00:25:43] but the complete story.
[00:30:39] Thanks for joining
[00:30:40] us in TVC news this hour, I am sahid aribi
[00:30:43] salah, the operatives the national drug
[00:30:47] enforcement agency have intercepted over 1.5