Queen Moremi Ajasoro
25 Jul 2022
Queen Moremi Ajasoro of Ife, Grace Akinwale, has urged governments and politicians to make politicking simpler for women to participate.
9 Apr 2022
The Queen Moremi Ajasoro Global Ambassador, Princess Aderonke Ademiluyi, has officially launched the book, ‘Unspoken,’ a chronicle of women kings in Yorubaland (Oba Obirin).
31 May 2019
The legend of Queen Moremi Ajasoro precedes her and you need not be Yoruba to have heard of the iconic queen. Famed to be one of the most heroic women that ever lived, Moremi’s selfless sacrifice helped with the preservation of the Yoruba tribe. Her brave act of going behind enemy lines to learn their…
27 Apr 2019
Ile-Ife, also known as Ife, is a city in Osun state with so much cultural lore and history that is still popular in today’s time.
13 Jan 2019
There’s something defining about the concept, ‘nneka’ (meaning ‘mother is supreme’), as expoused among the South-East Igbo people in Chinua Achebe’s famous novel Things Fall Apart. This is aptly telling when the hero, Okonkwo, at the height of his powers in Umuofia, commits sacrilege and is forced to go on exile among his mother’s people.…
15 Dec 2018
The impact and strength women exhibit in the human race to forge ahead cannot be over-emphasised, dating back to the historical existence of Queen Moremi Ajasoro...
12 Dec 2018
Queen Moremi Ajasoro is one of the most revered women in Yoruba history. Like other great Nigerian women of the past such as Queen Amina, Queen Idia, Efunseta Aniwura...
17 Nov 2018
Following the success of Kakadu the Musical, and Fela and The Kalakuta Queens, the House of Oduduwa Foundation in conjunction with Bolanle Austen-Peters Production (BAP) is set to stage the Moremi the Musical, the story of the Yoruba heroine, Queen Moremi Ajasoro. The musical drama is a milestone on the heroine and huge effort being…
28 Oct 2017
As part of the grand finale for Queen Moremi Ajasoro (QMA) 2017, organisers of the yearly cultural beauty pageant have announced that Moremi The Musical will featured at the event.
8 Oct 2017
Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has said that the introduction of the Queen Moremi Ajasoro (QMA) beauty pageant is to reawaken cultural values and responsibilities among Nigerian youths, especially, girls.
20 Aug 2017
The first collection of designs that will be used for the coming Queen Moremi Ajasoro (QMA) pageant were unveiled at the just conclude Africa Fashion Week, London.
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