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00:00:47Thank you for joining us on Diaspora Connect, where we champion
00:00:51Excellence by spotlight in the resilience of Nigerian
00:00:55citizens, breaking barriers and making a difference
00:00:58across the world. We explore identity, origin and
00:01:02diverse journeys of Nigerians in the diaspora. I
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00:01:15does is to connect you to your roots. Let's
00:01:19of check out these fun facts on our did you
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00:02:47Some really amazing facts there now to our focus
00:02:51today, reconnecting to the roots through
00:02:55DNA. My guest is Prince John James
00:02:58Olomo, he is a US based Nigerian heritage
00:03:01entrepreneur and founder of
00:03:03of Tribal Tapesty Heritage Services LLC, a platform using
00:03:07DNA and genealogy to reconnect the African
00:03:11Diaspora with your ancestral tribes across
00:03:14a Africa. He is prince of Shasha Kingdom and
00:03:17of the Shenlu Royal House of Imota in Ikurodu Lagos as well
00:03:21as Ikurodu kingdom.
00:03:25Now through these traditional roles he works closely with royal
00:03:28institutions.
00:03:30to turn cultural heritage into soft power and
00:03:34economic opportunity. He joins us as we explore how Africa
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00:03:39a particularly Nigeria can use its heritage, diaspora and
00:03:42identity to strengthen its global influence. Prince Alama, good
00:03:46to have you join us on the
00:03:47of program. Thank you very
00:03:49a much, thank you very much. Good morning and thank you for having me today. You will
00:03:53agree that not too many people bear
00:03:56a the title of heritage entrepreneur, so tell us the story, how did
00:04:00you choose this, did you stumble into eat, or is it the case
00:04:03of the field choosing you? i think it's
00:04:06all
00:04:07of the above. um, for me, i was, i was
00:04:10of actually born in the US, in the United States
00:04:13and i traced my roots uh through
00:04:16DNA and genealogy for about nine years
00:04:20uh to determine my tribe, which is uh, i'm a Europa men
00:04:24of southwest Nigeria, and after I discovered my
00:04:28tribe, I went further, and uh found my
00:04:31family and and learned that I descend from
00:04:34e-korodu um and and that's my story and so
00:04:38I picked up uh royal titles through initiations along
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00:04:43of way uh but it's been an exciting journey and it has
00:04:46inspired my life's work so that other
00:04:49African-Americans and others in the diaspora can do
00:04:53the same thing but instead of taking a decade they can do it
00:04:57in a matter of two or three months but how did you get to that? point where
00:05:00you made a choice to
00:05:02of trace your rules, you know, many people
00:05:06growing up in the US, they grow up with this this question
00:05:10mark of of who am I and... and where do i come
00:05:14from? and so for me it was a burning desire since i
00:05:18was really teenager to one day trace my roots to
00:05:21africa and learn where i come from. you say that knowledge
00:05:25is power, but
00:05:26what i've actually learned is that when you actually touch the
00:05:30source of your origin, that's when you activate that
00:05:34power and you transform into something greater. all
00:05:38right, and we know just like you mentioned, you hold quite a number of
00:05:41your... titles you become what the eurob would come and
00:05:45is it so but how exactly does that
00:05:48influence your work out there uh
00:05:52it it influences my work completely um when i initially
00:05:56traced my roots landed in shasha kingdom
00:06:00in ali mosho legos nigeria and um after
00:06:04going through several a rights of of
00:06:07passage and initiations uh they titled me
00:06:11there as prince of shasha kingdom, but my
00:06:15blood line actually flows through ekoro, i descend
00:06:19from the olomal blood line, and mosene
00:06:23is the father the olomals and not to get too much
00:06:27into the
00:06:28the cultural history there, but mosene has big
00:06:32history, that's a chieftency family ekoro,
00:06:35and through there, um, my blood line is directly from the
00:06:39shinlu royal house of emota, all right?
00:06:42and now you run a firm that helped people discover
00:06:46or rediscover their roots as it way, tell us about
00:06:50that and the significance of DNA
00:06:53you know actually helping unite Africans and
00:06:56African-Americans? yes,
00:06:59so so many African-Americans they want to
00:07:02know what part of Africa they come from, they want to
00:07:06know the tribe that they come from, and what's exciting is
00:07:10that about half the African american population is
00:07:14actually a Nigerian descent, and so
00:07:18that actually creates a very big opportunity for
00:07:21Nigeria to leverage its soft power and
00:07:25connect with what we sometimes call the
00:07:28African-American tribe to for Nigeria to
00:07:32connect with those were taken away. I know that
00:07:35there are many efforts that Nigeria makes to
00:07:39connect to diaspora who have decided to leave and... get work
00:07:43abroad, that's important uh, that's great,
00:07:46but we should remember that for 400 years people
00:07:50were stolen, and the children of those who were
00:07:54stolen now want to come back home, and so if
00:07:57Nigeria could open her arms and offer
00:08:01something like dual citizenship based on
00:13:55Thank you very much our father, just to announce that by 5 pm his
00:13:58excellency
00:14:03please, all of us will be received at the banquet hall within the government
00:14:07house premises for for lunch, all of
00:14:10us banquet hall within the government house premises for
00:14:13lunch, but let
00:14:15me let
00:14:18me announce that by 5 pm
00:14:22his excellency is visiting it to local. government area
00:14:25today, 5 p.m. today, the governor
00:14:29will visit it to local government
00:14:32area for the commissioning the
00:14:352.7 km road with
00:14:38the 1.4 km underground drains 5
00:14:42p.m. it to local government area, but
00:14:46then for lunch all of those that have
00:14:48received the assess cards
00:14:52should proceed to the banquet hall with in the government house
00:14:56premises, the governor will be there to receive
00:14:59you, so we share launch together. thank you very much, the press
00:15:03team.
00:16:56Ogun state, southwest Nigeria is one the most prominent
00:17:00states in the country. The state derives its
00:17:04name from the Ogun river, above.
00:17:07river that flows through the state and empties into the
00:17:11ligos lagoon
00:17:15on this quest really you you know before
00:17:19i actually discovered my tribe i had a journal
00:17:23next to my bed and i was waking up writing down different
00:17:27words and didn't know the meaning of those words at all
00:17:31um in fact when i googled some
00:17:33of those words i thought they were evo words and it turned out
00:17:37um my blood obviously is is is Yurupa
00:17:40and those same words exist in our language
00:17:44as well um so the language
00:17:48was the the beginning, i do pick up on
00:17:52Nigeria and the
00:17:55internation better when I'm actually there on the soil and
00:17:59then when I come back here it starts to fade uh a little bit
00:18:03so I'm happy to hear you say uh that that I at least pronounce my
00:18:07hometown properly uh ecorou um
00:18:11but again though even in Ekoro du we actually trace back to
00:18:15emota uh from the uh Shinlu Royal house in
00:18:19emota um so yes
00:18:22i my goal for 2026 is
00:18:25that by the end of that year um fluent or at least
00:18:29completely conversational don't worry prince alum we could always
00:18:33arrange you know some language classes and then we dust this off and the
00:18:37word was that prince john james is a true
00:18:41son the soil, okay that might sound a bit
00:18:44hard, but it's what it is really, i sincerely appreciate you for your time
00:18:48on the show today, prince john
00:18:50james,
00:18:55thank you very much, thank you, i will take you up on the
00:18:58offer, all right then, all right, thank
00:19:01you, well what a
00:19:04conversation, talking about how we can really
00:19:08trace our root, especially using DNA, so
00:19:12science has made the world lot easier, so so many
00:19:16Nigerians out there in the diaspora who do
00:19:18not even know they have links to Nigeria, now is the
00:19:22time, this is the opportunity, make the most of
00:19:26it. Next on the show is culture
00:19:29connects.
00:19:51From Lagos to London, from Abuja to Atlanta,
00:19:55Nigerians exporting modern music and movies,
00:19:59new generation in the diaspora is finding creative ways to
00:20:02monetize what they know, how they leave and what they love
00:20:06about home. Across major cities like
00:20:10London, Toronto, Houston, Nigerians are
00:20:13blending heritage with entrepreneurship. They are teaching
00:20:17languages, hosting popup kitchens, designing Ankara
00:20:21streetware and advising global brands and authentic cultural
00:20:24storytelling. This cultural economy
00:20:28is not just about profit, it's about preserving identity
00:20:32and sharing Nigeria's vibrant traditions with the
00:20:34world. For many, These adventures began
00:20:38as passion projects, teaching yuruba, igo and other languages
00:20:42online, organizing dance classes or sharing recipes on
00:20:46social media. Today they have become thriving business.
00:20:50powered by curiosity and a global appetite for authentic African
00:20:54experiences, from fashion runways to music
00:20:57festivals, Nigerian creativity is not part the global
00:21:00conversation. Cultural entrepreneurs are not only
00:21:04earning, but they are redefining how the world sees
00:21:08Nigeria.
00:21:33As we wrap up the conversation today, remember home
00:21:37is home, it is where the heart
00:21:40is. Trace your history, make
00:21:44the most of it and contribute a quarter towards the development
00:21:48of our great nation. Nigeria, until the next
00:21:52time, keep exhuding the glow of a true Nigerian,
00:21:56the unbeatable Niger spirit. I am
00:21:59Abbosed, I'll see you again,
00:22:03goodbye.
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00:22:52In my travels, I see many fascinating things and
00:22:55people,
00:23:16kulikuli is a popular staple snack made from are not across
00:23:20Nigeria, I share with you the story of woman who trained
00:23:24that children in school and built a house making and
00:23:28selling the humble but
00:23:30delicious
00:23:35kulikuli.
00:23:50Shekara ya kai kusan goma ya wannan sana
00:23:53kuma na cin albarkashinsa, ina ce ma alla na gode
00:23:57masa, wani abubuwa da neke
00:24:00na ne, ba kuni na wani na jikina, Allah sa
00:24:04albarkansa ciki, amma ya tene, yara
00:24:07na su shida ne, kuma ada shi ne musu
00:24:10makaranta, sun gama secondary su biyu, aurar kuma da
00:24:14daya mace, kanninsu biyu suna na baya tukuna sulin
00:24:18ba su gama secondary ba. In Allah yadda da shi na ke
00:24:21taimako.
00:24:26Rashin lafiya, ci mu, shamu, duka
00:24:29ciki. Kwana goma,
00:24:32shine 15. In tuya shi, mai da kan
00:24:36samu galan har da kwalba uku
00:24:39ciki. Karagon kuma, zan kulla
00:24:43shi, zai kai neara 20 cikin. Dun
00:24:47albarkan Allah. Ina
00:24:50da so samuwa mutane da za su cimuriyana a baya da su kai kamar
00:24:54goma.
00:25:16There is always more to story than this criminal line.
00:25:20the part
00:25:20of story that is not told casts a shadow, it's like the
00:25:24part of an object that is not riched by light. on tv series i'm
00:25:28able to explore the many angers the out of story, talking to
00:25:32stakeholders, asking the difficult questions and diging for
00:25:35facts. i believe the viewers are able to make better decision if they're well
00:25:39informed and understand not just a part,
00:25:43but the complete story.
00:30:39Thanks for joining
00:30:40us in TVC news this hour, I am sahid aribi
00:30:43salah, the operatives the national drug
00:30:47enforcement agency have intercepted over 1.5