If:
Idowu Phillips is Iya Osumare
Lere Paimo is Eda Onile-Ola
Lanre Hassan is Iya Awero
Adebayo Salami is Oga Bello
Toyin Afolayan is Lola Idije
Then, What is Babatunde Omidina ……… ????

Matilda McCrear lived long enough to become a human bridge between Africa, American slavery, and the modern era. Born in West Africa around 1857, she was captured as a toddler and transported across the Atlantic aboard the Clotilda in 1860—the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans illegally into the United States. Her Yoruba name was Àbáké, meaning “born to be loved by all.” The facial scars on her left cheek, preserved in photographs, marked her as Yoruba. The voyage ...