{"id":116355,"date":"2024-06-04T19:30:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T02:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=116355"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:56:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:56:35","slug":"meghan-markle-gets-a-new-yoruba-title-and-embraces-her-nigerian-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/meghan-markle-gets-a-new-yoruba-title-and-embraces-her-nigerian-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle gets a new Yoruba title and embraces her Nigerian heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Meghan Markle has embraced her new big title\u00a0after discovering she is 43 percent Nigerian through a DNA test<\/strong>. Recently, the Duchess of Sussex was christened with the Yoruba name &#8220;<em><strong>Adetokunbo<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; during her visit to Nigeria with Prince Harry. In a letter to the Imperial Majesty, Meghan expressed her gratitude:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;I am deeply humbled by your blessing of the traditional Yoruba name, Adetokunbo. I treasure the name and appreciate your trust in me to carry it with grace and dignity.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okeyelias1\/status\/1789746324566319415\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Three Kings from different regions arrived to pay their respects to the duchess, who looked stunning in our exquisite attire. \ud83d\ude0d\u2764<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/weareinvictus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#weareinvictus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/invictusgames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#invictusgames<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Nigeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Nigeria<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Africa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Africa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/feazmedia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#feazmedia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0qVlYyfRty\">pic.twitter.com\/0qVlYyfRty<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Okeyelias (@okeyelias1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/okeyelias1\/status\/1789746324566319415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian tour the former royal couple made was part of a three-day journey, which started with Prince Harry&#8217;s return to the UK for the<strong> Invictus Games<\/strong>. The Sussexes\u2019 visit was facilitated by Nigeria\u2019s highest-ranking military official, Christopher Musa, making their stay completely stellar. What&#8217;s more, Meghan Markle marked her visit by signing the guest book at the <strong>Nigerian Defence Headquarters<\/strong>, thanking them for &#8220;<em>welcoming me home.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116357\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Prince-William-tribute.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Prince-William-tribute.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Prince-William-tribute-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Prince-William-tribute-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Prince-William-tribute-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This new African title and Meghan Markle&#8217;s sweet appreciation of her roots coincided with an emotional statement from<strong> Prince William<\/strong> and <strong>Princess Kate Middleton<\/strong>. The Wales honored the legacy of Rob Burrow, a revered rugby league player who recently passed away after a battle with motor neurone disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle has embraced her new big title\u00a0after discovering she is 43 percent Nigerian through a DNA test. Recently, the Duchess of Sussex was christened with the Yoruba name &#8220;Adetokunbo&#8221; during her visit to Nigeria with Prince Harry. In a letter to the Imperial Majesty, Meghan expressed her gratitude: &#8220;I am deeply humbled by your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":116356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1795],"tags":[1628],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-116355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-royal-family","9":"tag-meghan-markle"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116355"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=116355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}