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Moremi's story has inspired many literary adaptations and dramas. A unique adaptation is a comic book titled "Moremi: An African Legend" under the 'An African Legend' comic series. It was published in 2021 using the popular bande dessinee style to appeal to younger audiences.
Rise of the Saints is a 2020 Nigerian action fantasy film directed by Samuel O. Olateru and produced by Bolanle Olasunde. [1] [2] The film, which tells the story of the Yoruba legend Queen Moremi Ajasoro, stars Deyemi Okanlawon and Rachel Oniga in the lead roles, while Tina Mba, Peter Fatomilola, and Teleola Kuponiyi play supporting roles.
The musical follows the story of Moremi, the Yoruba queen who saved the people of Ile-Ife from the Ugbos, who sought to enslave them. [1] [10] She makes a pact with the goddess of River Esinmirin in order to find a way to defeat their enemies. She is later captured by the Ugbos, discovers their weakness, and then escapes and returns to Ile-Ife.
Elizabeth Pulane Moremi OBE (1912–1994) was regent and mohumagadi (queen) of baTawana from 1946 to 1964 while her son, Letsholathêbê II a Morêmi, was too young to rule. She married Moremi III, the ruler of baTawana, in 1937. When he was killed in a 1946 car crash, she was made regent.
Moremi may refer to: Moremi, Botswana, a village in Botswana; Moremi Game Reserve, a National Park in Botswana on the eastern side of the Okavango Delta; Moremi Ajasoro, a historical princess of the Yoruba people of Nigeria; Moremi High School, a government-run secondary school within the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria
QBR: The Black Book Review was founded by Max Rodriguez in 1992 to serve as a national source of reviews for books about the African-American and African experience. QBR began as a quarterly print publication, reviewing books in all genres. It produces the annual Harlem Book Fair, which began in 1998.
A photo of a drag queen wearing a set of red-tipped horns while reading to children at the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library in Long Beach, California, is going viral online.
In the first issue (September 2023; ISBN 978-1962398008), Cooper wrote Into the Dark, a short story that could be the start of a possible serial concerning a Queen of the Seas's crew member who was recruited to lead a group of ship peoples to search remote tropical island caves for sources of bat guano that could be used in the manufacturer of ...