Anago James Akeem Osho is a professional tour guide and often referred to as Master or Chief tour guide. He has been organizing tours, providing tour guide services, promoting nature and cultural heritage and designing itineraries in Nigeria, Benin Republic and across West Africa since 1998.
He is an executive member and membership Secretary1, of Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria Lagos State Chapter. His tour guide service company (Anago James Akeem Osho Adventures) was founded on knowledge and integrity.
According to him, "how can anyone be a tour guide without area knowledge? Who can be a successful tour guide without integrity?". These are the basis of his works. As a tour guide, tour operator, historian, cultural and nature conservationist and storyteller, he has been the ambassador of the region to thousands of tourists from all over the world by connecting and showcasing the unique tourist attractions, history and culture of Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana and West Africa in general.
Anago Osho exhibit the picturesque, undiluted naturalness of the people, culture, history, nature, festival, nightlife and day to day livelihood experiences of the people to the visitors.
His tours are usually taylor made, private, group, many days or a day tour with creative itinerary to meet specific interests. His focal objective is the satisfaction of the visitors or researchers. According to him, to meet the need of the travellers may be hard work to many but this purpose has been his secret and had yielded results through referrals.
He has toured visitors and dignitaries from around the world such as the former American Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal; Ambassador Walter Carrington and his family, the paramount king of Yorubaland; Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife an his entourage, the Ambassador of Ireland to Nigeria, Ambassador Sean Hoy, Mrs Barbara King, the wife of A.D King (Martin Luther King's brother) and the A.D King Foundation team, Dr Kathy Dudley, the founder of Imani Bridges, Texas-U.S.A, Gina Elle, the founder of speak2earth, the American NigeriaBlackout group etc. And many university students, lecturers and Proffessors in their researches.
His tour guide company help black people in Diaspora to retrace their roots to the motherland Africa, especially DNA tested blacks. He did his DNA test in 2017 to also reconnect with the descendants of his lost family who were captured and sold into slavery during the Owu war of 1820 and other wars across Yorubaland and West Africa. He has helped thousands of Africa Diaspora in the reconnection to the homeland. He is a very friendly guide who loves to meet people from all over the world. He has also been involved in various documentaries both locally and internationally.
His types of tours are characterized by his passion.
He is passionate about research, nature, culture, history, storytelling and travelling. Anago Osho love to share his experiences with visitors.
He organizes tours which are fun, educational, historical, roots reconnection, eco, art oriented, cultural, museums, architectural, religious, adventurous, family, group, private, night life, tailor made, culinary, and just creative.
Anago James Akeem Osho Adventures available tours ranges from day
tour to days, weeks, and months.
SERVICES
His services includes tour guide
services, tours, transportation, hotel reservation, art shop, souvenirs, antique collection / shop, culinary tours, photography, film production, business connection, Beach Cleaning and research services.
He takes pride in being able to share the knowledge of his homeland with visitors.
He can provide tours for groups, families, couples or individual travellers.
When he's not on the road, he would be training tour guides at tourist destinations and tourist potential communities for economic and youth development.
EXPERTISE
West African en-slave history, culture promoter, tour guide services, tourism and tour guide training, research support, museum management, sestination management, roots reconnection, beach cleaning etc.
AWARDS
In 2015, he was awarded as the best culture and and tourism promoter by Eko Vision Magazine in Nigeria. He was awarded a certificate in recognition of the publication of manuscript entitled "Seriki Abass: Slave trade, Badagry and the history that refuses to die", published in IOSR journal of Humanities and Social Science, Aug-2016. At the Nigerian Heritage Summit Awards 2017, he was presented with an "Heritage Promoter Award (Tourism)". He was appointed as an ambassador for DNA tested Yoruba people's in Nigeria by Imperial African History and Genetic Genealogical Society in 2019, also known as DNA tested Africans. He has won numerous awards and was presented the "Best Tour Guide" Award in Nigeria. In 2019, during the Nigeria Tourism Awards. He was inducted into top 100 tourism personalities in Nigeria 2019 at the "Abuja Jabamah", organized by Akwaba African Tavel Market. As a tour guide trainer, he was presented a Tour Guide Resource Person Certificate by Imani Bridges Leadership Institute. Badagry Local Government gave him a certificate of recommendation in January 2021 to appreciate his contribution to tourism. He received an award at Abuja Jabamah 2021, as one of the best promoter of domestic tourism in 2020 despite the covid-19 epidemic. 2021, he was awarded the Tour Guide of the year Award by GoCulture, Lagos.
PUBLICATIONS
He has authored three (3) books and a research article
. Namely:
1, Lekeleke by Anago James Akeem Osho
2, The history of Seriki Williams Abass of Badagry
3, How the slave trade began
4, "Seriki Abass: Slave trade, Badagry and the history that refuses to die", published in IOSR journal of Humanities and Social Science, Aug-2016.
FOLK SINGER AND STORYTELLER
He was a folk singer and story teller. He released two music albums. His stage name is Anago Prince. He is fondly called Anago Babalode. The title referred to him as an historical Ambassador.
His albums includes;
1, Anago Babalode
2, Obe gbigbona
He dreams of performing on stage again but he still tells his stories through tour guiding. A professional tour guide is a certified storyteller. His interest in history and culture is insatiable.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/REFERENCES
Sunday Punch, Young Punchers, December 1, 1991
Sunday Sun, September 11, 2005, Anago set to rewrite history
https/atqnews.com/an-encounter-with-anago-at-seriki-abass-slave-museum/
www.iosrjournals.org › papersPDF
SerikiAbass: Slave Trade, Badagry, and the History That Refuses To Die - IOSR Journal Anago James Akeem Osho
ALAROYE OJO ISEGUN, OJO KEEDOGBON, OSU KANKANLA, Page 3, 2008, Awon oyinbo to wa lati orile ede Cuba atawon osere Anango (Visitors from Cuba and Anago Group).
NIGERIANCOMPASS, Saturday, February 18, 2012, page 10-11, Badagry: An excursion back into history
MAISONN DE FRANCE, Lagos CCF Lagos-programme, April 2006. Events/Les evements, thurs 27 April at 7p.m/Anago Prince/Music
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https//www.herald.ng/covid-19-focus-more-on-domestic-tourism-tour-guide-urges-practitioners/
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https//ekohotblog.com/2020/05/12/west-african-tour-guide-association-partners-with-ngos-to-train-25-epe-indigenes-on-tour-guide/
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https//www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/09/21/the-caribbean-teams-visit-to-badagry-slavery-sites/
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The Lagos Tourism, Hospitality, Arts, Culture Economic Summit, LATHACE 2021 Brochure, State Chapter Executives, page 18