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Walter C. Carrington, former U.S Ambassador on a Slave history tour with Anago Osho

The American embassy is very popular in Nigeria, especially the consulate in Lagos. The name Walter Carington is synonymous to the American embassy. The bearer of the name has passionate love for Lagos and Nigeria. As an ambassador and even after retirement his name continued to be a household name and he never stopped coming back to Nigeria. Who is Walter Carrington? He was the United States Ambassador to Senegal from 1980 to 1981. In 1993, the U.S President, Bill Clinton appointed him as the U.S Ambassador to  Nigeria till 1997. His tenure as ambassador was graced by very cordial international relationship between Nigeria and the United States.  He has been visiting Nigeria (since the 1960s) before becoming an American Ambassador to any country in Africa. Some argued that he had done his DNA, and he is Yoruba.  The former American Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal, Walter Carrington, his wife, Arese Carrington, and friends were on Anago James Akeem Osho Adventures's slave history

YOUTHS AND THE USE OF THE MIND? By Anago James Akeem Osho

What is wrong with young peoples minds? Nothing is wrong but scale of preference and values, either tangible or non tangible. Physical or spiritual. When you go back to history and see where we are coming from. You may realize that Africans and youths of the world are daily polluting their minds with activities that are devoid of development. Yet, not all youths are engaged in such animosity. Some think they are better and know more than others because of their religious affiliation? It is glaring that the sacred books taughr us better than that. Do not follow men, follow the divine and use your mind creatively for the development of the earth. The hope of Africa for instance are its outstanding youths. In every land on the African continent that i have traveled to, the youths are not empowered and they just watch and try to survive by ''doing anything'', traveling abroad to make ends meet and care for their families and often time meet their water loo.  See

Polly Alakija was visited at her Park view Estate studio by Anago James Osho, Mrs Udo Ime (NATOP's General Secreatary) and Micheal Balogun

Anago James Akeem Osho and Mrs Udo Ime ( The  General Secretary of Nigeria Association of Tour Operators) outside of the studio of  Polly Alakija ( The Chairman, Lagos State council for Arts and Culture). Anago James Akeem Osho, Mrs Udo ( the  General Secretary of Nigeria Association of Tour Operators and President of Leadway Tours and Travel limited) in the studio of Polly Alakija ( the Chairman of Lagos State council for Arts and Culture)  Anago Osho, Mrs Udo making a point, Michael Balogun and Polly Alakija  Anago Osho, Mrs Udo, Michael Balogun and Polly Alakija  Anago Osho, Mrs Udo, Michael Balogun and Polly Alakija

Nigeria Tourism Week nominated Anago James Osho

Vote for Anago James Osho as the best Tour Guide in Nigeria. Go online to   www.nigeriatourismawards.com/vote  Nigeria Tourism Week nominated Anago James Osho  in the upcoming event in NOVEMBER, 2017, As the best 'Tour Guide in Nigeria'. For Anago James Akeem Osho to win, please vote for him online https://nigeriatourismawards.com/vote/

Nigeria Tourism Week encourages tourism practitioners like Anago James Osho

The nomination news came to Anago Osho when someone called him that he has been nominated in the tourism award ceremony coming up in Nigeria. To him, it means that someone or some people have been noticing the hard work of him and other awardees. This won't be his first award but the organizers are very credible and professional in their field. The Nigerian tourism week scheduled for November is not just a boost for tourism in the country but also an encouragement for the professionals in the industry. Anago James Osho was nominated in the Nigeria Tourism Week coming up in November, 2017, as the best 'TOUR GUIDE'. For Anago James Osho to win, everyone can vote for him online www.nigeriatourismawards.com/vote Omotola Itayemi commented that the NTW targets about 20 million domestic travelers in Nigeria within five years. The tourism and hospitality business in Nigeria is growing despite it's challenges. It is not what it used to be when Anago Osho Tourism A

Olokun: Chants and awakening

Diasporans returns on boat to the "Door of return" ceremony Nigeria

American defends Nigeria

Bata drum performance at Ifonyin (Ifangni)

ALABAMA, THE CLOTILDA AND THE LAST ENSLAVED SURVIVOR By Anago James Akeem Osho

Abile (Clara Turner) and her Husband Oluwale Kasola (Cudjo Lewis) in 1910 Is ‘’Home’’ where ever you find yourself (either willingly or not)? This is the question I raised in the case of Oluwale Kasola (Cudjoe Lewis) and his wife Abile ( they were the ones who began the founding of the Africa Town, Mobile Alabama in the United States known as Africa town today). The American state of Alabama is rich in history although some are not pleasant, yet the people can take advantage of the opportunities that seems not to be there. In reality, opportunities are not given it is created. The Clotilda was the name of the recorded last slave ship to the United States of America. ‘’Recorded last slave ship’’, because many came to the U.S.A illegally and were not documented. The Clotilda arrived in Alabama on the night of a Sunday, dated 8 th of July , 1860. Many among the slaves that were taken to the Americas through the slave port of Whydah (Ouidah), Benin republic were of Yoruba St

Preserve antiques in your museum or gallery

HOW TO PRESERVE THE ITEMS IN YOUR MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES Hey! Do you seek how to preserve your antiques, either as iron, wood, paper, brass, etc.?   CONTACT:   Anago James Akeem Osho Adventures anago.tourism@gmail.com   +2348037043233    

WHY PEOPLE HARDLY DISCUSS THE TRAN SAHARAN ENSLAVE TRADE By Anago James Akeem Osho anago.tourism@gmail.com

A woman and about six children and a European male visited the museum. ‘’Hello madam’’, I greeted her and she responded by saying ‘’How are you Anago? Quite a while and how have you been?’’. Another smooth Jeep parked behind her car and she said, ‘’I brought my visitor to you. He wants to learn about the Tran Atlantic slave trade. I told him that you are a reincarnated slave and the right person for the topic”. ‘’Thank you madam for the compliment’’ I responded. About three more people joined the tour group. I noticed among the other group a man whom I later discovered to be an African American. He did his DNA and traced his root to Yoruba land, and Ibadan precisely. The people in this group were very knowledgeable. They came with a purpose and know a lot about African history. The African policy makers should make it compulsory that schools, especially both elementary and high school should learn their history. It seems people of African origin in Diaspora are mor

WHAT IS TOURISM?

''Tourism is the packaging of history, art, ideas, infrastructure, and the environment. The journey on the path of history is a conscious route to self-discovery. If this is true, the distortion of history by the mischievous minds should be gravely discouraged, just as plagiarism carries prison sentences.  History and Tourism are inseparable Siamese twins''. Anago James Akeem Osho (2017) Anago James Akeem Osho , is an Historian, Museum Curator, Tour Guide, Tourism operator, Author, Historic, Cultural and Heritage manager. He consult for DNA tested Africans.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA By Anago James Akeem Osho anago.tourism@gmail.com

The journey on the path of history is a conscious route to self-discovery. If this is true, the distortion of history by the mischievous minds should be gravely discouraged, just as plagiarism carries prison sentences.

Thron Alafia exclusive video at the Vothun (Voodoo) procession

Revolving Art Incubator. Panel Discussion Our Story: Africa, His-Story and The Black box

Revolving Art Incubator   via  mail125.sea21.rsgsv.net  Aug 21 (2 days ago) to  me Panel Discussion Our Story: Africa, His-Story and The Black box Dear Anago James Akeem Osho, Thank you for honouring our invitation to last Saturday's panel discussion. Your presence, insight and impactful contribution made the event a huge success. We look forward to invite you to similar events in the near future. Kind Regards Jumoke Sanwo Creative Director RAI Anago James Akeem Osho, third from left beside the Artist, Sadiq Williams, with other Discussion panelists at Revolving Art Incubator, Silverbird Galleria,  Victoria Island Lagos

Last episode of Bukas and Joints (Tour guide) Anago Osho made a shocking revelation

mycookeryzone Welcome to MyCookery Zone Food Media|  Last episode of Bukas and Joints (Tour guide) Anago Osho made a shocking revelation during his visit to historical places in the city of Badagry. To be precise, at Badagry slave museum & port. (Anago disclosed that he was once a "slave" during the tour with Host Akah Nnani )  "I may have been taken as a slave through Badagry, Whydah or Lagos but came back as a reincarnation of my former slave self." Bukas and Joints (Tour guide) Anago Osho tells MCZ Food Media more, about his slavery's story. MCZ Food Media, asked him to clarify the statement here is all what he told MCZ Food Media. "That's my consciousness. I know I have been here before. I was taken as a slave to Cuba at the age of 15 in 1768. I was born originally in 1753 and became born again in this generation. Slave history is the tale of my past and I tell it. The returnees did not come back t

Anago James Akeem Osho, training Tour Guides at Help Gate Foundation, Surulere, Lagos Nigeria

Anago Osho, lecturing at the Tourism and Tour guide training

Anago James Akeem Osho at the ODUA MUSEUM, COCOA HOUSE, IBADAN, NIGERIA

Anago Osho, at the entrance to the Odua Museum Ibadan

Anago Osho, Seyi Solagbade, a Nigerian popular Afro fusion Singer, and Dr Lisa Aubrey

Anago Osho and Seyi Solagbade and the Blackface, A Nigerian popular Afro fusion Singer and performer and Dr Lisa during the African Drum Festival

Anago James Akeem Osho Tour Guiding The Dare Experience Group on a Tour of Badagry on the 20th of May 2017

Anago and some tourists of The Dare experience A tourist of the Dare Experience backing his son under the rain. Despite the rainfall, the Dare Experience Group of Tourists, led by Ayomide dared the rainfall as we continued our tours under the rain. I was excited to meet tourists and adventurers like this. You do not meet such tourists often.

Anago Osho, Dr Lisa Aubrey, and Jide at Lekki Lagos Nigeria before the Tour (Pictures)

African Drum Festival Abeokuta March, 2017 by Anago James Akeem Osho (Pictures)

Anago Osho, Ogun State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, and Dr Lisa Aubrey at Abeokuta

Motherland Beckons at La campaigne Tropicana. Come to Africa as Abeokuta and Lagos recieves Diasporans. Anago Osho

Jide Odumosu, Anago Osho and Dr Lisa Aubrey during the Drum Festival at Abeokuta Nigeria

Dr Lisa Aubrey, Alain Kenfack, and Jide Odumosu, from Arizona State University insearch of Atlantic Slave History with Anago James Akeem Osho in Badagry, Lagos-Nigeria from Bimbia Cameroon (PICTURE)

Letter to Asterixus: A friend insearch of Elixir By Anago James Akeem Osho

Dear Asterixus, I am on a trip to Whydah, an historical place in West Africa. How are you and New York City today? I got the last message you sent to me. I did not shiver and maybe you do not know how graceful and important you are. Our planet is a wonderful place but the evil in the heart of humankind kept destroying this beautiful place. Maybe we don't know that this evil is also destroying us as a race of people.

HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT LEKKI TOWN-LAGOS BY ANAGO JAMES AKEEM OSHO

Lekki is very important in the old and new Lagos. Lekki Peninsular is from around Mobil Lagos Victoria Island to the Niger Delta.    Lekki is an historical and ancient town. It is very close to Epe, Ikorodu, Victoria Island and Lagos Island.

THE ROAD TO THE ABOLITION OF SLAVE TRADE IN LAGOS: THE DRAMA BETWEEN OBA AKITOYE AND KOSOKO By Anago James Akeem Osho

Oba Akitoye was a king who believed in legitimate commerce and he desired a good relationship between his people and the British, but his nephew was a defiant slave trader who believed that Oba Akitoye usurped his position as a king.   Before Akitoye became king, Kosoko was in exile in Whydah (Ouidah) and Whydah was another important slave trading port that time.

Origin of European Slave Trade in Africa, And their Voyage to Lagos Nigeria By Anago James Akeem Osho

The Slave trade is a universal phenomenon. It is not synonymous to a people but the Trans Atlantic Slave trade changed how slavery was viewed. It becomes based on skin color.   This was readily accepted because it already existed. The slavers of the Trans Saharan slave trade degraded African Slaves based on their skin color. This slave

The purpose of my quest to attend Heritage Preservation training By Anago James Akeem Osho

In my research into both the history of Lekki, Epe, Lagos Island, Abeokuta, Apomu, Alaketu, El Mina/Cape Coast, Ouidah, Badagry and Seriki Faremi Williams Abass Compound, also known as the Brazilian Barracoon of 40 Slaves and the Seriki Faremi Williams Abass Slave Museum, I realized that the history of the trans-Atalantic Slave trade is still relevant.

In 1998, Anago Osho tour guides a tourist: The case of consistency

This is the picture of  James Akeem Anago-Osho as he tour guide an International tourist at the  Lekki Conservation Centre, Lagos, Nigeria in 1998 and this picture exemplifies consistency as he still tour his clientelles across his areas of specialization. He still practices his tour guide trade and he seems to be ageless. According to him, the real tourism practitioners or tourist guides are characterized by patience and passion for work. It is important to remember how the journey began for Anago and appreciate the frusterations, dedication and passion for hard work.  To pursue a career in tourism management or become a professional tour guide requires patience and passion. To judge from the glossy front cover of tourism magazines or tourism documentaries, the profession looks interesting and fun, but do not get me wrong, the profession is fun but do not judge a book by it's cover. The financial ganin will come and accumulate only when the tourism enthusiasts is consistent, exe

African American, Teanna Woods and her husband visits Anago James Akeem Osho for an exclusive interview on the connection to Slavery and Black male Identity (PICTURES)

OLOWU OF OWU ABEOKUTA, HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, OBA OLUASANYA DOSUNMU AND ANAGO OSHO

In 2005, H.R.M, Oba (King) Dr. Adegboyega Olusanya Dosunmu, Kangunere, Amororo II, The Olowu of Owu Kingdom-Abeokuta International, during his coronation, called Anago James Akeem Osho; ‘’Ayanfe Omo Owu’’ (The beloved child of Owu kingdom).   Anago Osho, prosterating before his royal majesty, the Olowu of Owu Abeokuta in 2005

DON FERNANDO By Anago James Akeem Osho

TRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE GREATEST ADVENTURERS OF ALL TIME by Anago Osho If you have passion for adventure, travel, diplomacy, activism or you are a student of Anthropology, Ethnography, Geography, Archaeology, history and international studies, Tourism Management or Tour Guiding, I implore you to read this article and learn about the life and adventures of Don Fernando.

The best Local Guides

The best Local Guides 2016 The most popular guides on GuideContest win the Contest May 2016 - Anago James Akeem Osho wins the Guide Contest. May 2016 - Anago James Akeem Osho

Tour Guide

“The name, history and importance of a Tourist Destination could sell itself, but it takes the Tourist Guide and Tour Operator to sell it very well”.  Anago James Akeem Osho