For years, Nigerian Canadian Joel Olaniyi Oyatoye watched as his community grew in Winnipeg, but feared they were losing their connection to their heritage. That's why he made it his goal to open Asa Day Winnipeg's first Nigerian Heritage museum, which opened in November.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A sheriff of the Lagos State High Court, Inusile Babatunde, has alleged that Nollywood star, Mrs Elizabeth Anjorin Lawal, popularly known as Lizzy Anjorin, is evading service of court processes in the N30 million defamation suit filed against her. Lizzy Anjorin was dragged before the court by a Canada-based Yoruba art and […]
Chiamaka Ozulumba writes on the passion at which Joel Olaniyi-Oyatoye, a Canada-based Nigerian, has been promoting Yoruba culture globally
For Canada-based Nigerian culture enthusiast Prince Olaniyi Oyatoye, his passion to promote the Yoruba culture is telling. Recently, he took a big leap in cultural promotion for the 2021 Asa day held at the Cultural Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State. The event was to promote the Yoruba culture and tradition and also make huge efforts in exporting those cultural ideas to the global world.
Explaining the reasons for his cultural exploits, Convener and President of Asa Day World Wide Inc.Canada, Oyatoye said the outfit is a non profitable organisation that was established purposely in order to promote Yoruba culture across the world, adding that previous events had been held twice in Canada.