Ooni Babatunde Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi,CFR, Ojaja II has called on the Afro-Brazilians to synergise adequately with Africa for the enhancement of the Back-To-Root movement.
The African foremost monarch made this assertion through his Queen, Olori Aderonke Ademiluyi Ogunwusi during the opening ceremony of the African Fashion Week Brazil holding at Expo Center Norte, 1000 – Villa Guilherme, Sao Paulo on Thursday.
Queen Aderonke explained the aim of the event is to create more synergies in terms of culture and fashion between Africa, Afro-Brazilians and Brazil.
She said her husband, the Ooni of Ife is determined to seeing very strong synergies between African designers and Afrobrazilian designers in the bid to strengthen the economic and cultural bond of the Africans and Africans in diaspora.
The Ooni’s Queen noted that the Ooni’s recent visit to Brazil hosted president LULA for African Traditional Religion Day and the legislative approval for Twin City status between The City of Ife and some cities in Brazil were in in fulfillment of his dream to get the Afro-Brazilians connected to their home continent of Africa.
“The benefits of the African Fashion week holding in Brazil are huge if there’s a synergy between you and designers in Africa.
