Shockwaves are reverberating across Yorùbáland and the global Yorùbá diaspora following the sudden death of the Baba Ọba (King’s Father) of the famed Oyotunji African Village in South Carolina, USA. The late Baba Ọba, Lukman Arohunfale, a revered socialite and traditionalist, passed away under circumstances already sparking fierce controversy. His death comes just days after he publicly accused the newly installed Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty Oba Akeem Adéyẹmọ Owoade, of allegedly ordering his courtiers to beat him mercilessly during a recent courtesy visit to the Oyo palace in Nigeria. In a widely circulated voice recording, the deceased recounted how what was meant to be a simple homage turned violent. Although the Baba Ọba had reportedly battled ill health in the past year, growing insinuations suggest that the alleged physical assault may have aggravated his condition, ultimately leading to his untimely death. The palace in Oyo recently denied that s...
3 days after mourning the death of her friend and 1 year after revealing how she wants her funeral to be, beautiful Nigerian lawyer dies
A Nigerian lawyer, Rosaline Udoh, 38, has died just a few days after mourning the death of her friend and almost a year after she wrote down how she wants her funeral to be. Her best friend, Ngozi Anike shared her wish for her funeral. Read belowThis was my best friend's wish...ROSELINE UDOH...Don't cry for me when i am gone...
Do not shed a single tear because of me. Rather come to my funeral in your sunday best. Come with your bright make up and your brighter clothes; no black allowed at my funeral please.Play loud music and dance the night away after i have been laid to rest. You may lay wreaths on my grave if it makes you feel better...but I'd much rather bottles of perfumes and chocolates, chanel No.5 has always been my favourite, and malteasers... A girl needs to smell good and snack up while on that journey.?
Id love for my wake to be a fanfare; a carnival of sorts, you could pick a theme, something fun and loud and upbeat; The room covered with thousands of pictures of me smiling and living life to the fullest, that shouldn't be a problem, facebook keeps a good record of all my smiles; thousands of pictures printed and posted all over the room, so that wherever you turn you cannot but see my face. I was always an attention whore in my lifetime, you certainly wouldnt expect that to change in my death!?
Please... No wailers at my funeral! All wailer should be bounce! Aint noone upstaging me at my own funeral and stealing my thunder! Im gonna be lying there in my pretty pink casket dressed in something bright and flowery and with my makeup on fleek!? Please...for the love of God, do not let the morticians do my makeup...none of those brown clay and charcoal they put on people making them look like corpses(yeah i know, they are dead, but they mustnt look it must they?). Id love a professional to do my makeup; blushers, contours and bright red lips, oh yeah, id still love to be friends with ruby woo even in death. You could throw in some false lashes for good measure. And no cottonwool in my mouth, nose and ears mbok; its hard to look sexy with cottonwool in your nose.(lol)
Did i hear you say 'all is vanity'? Yeah right, but its my funeral not yours so im entitled to say how i want it to be,aint i??
Id love for my friends, foes,family and collegues to all tell stories about me...none of those "she was such a sweet sweet person". Keep it real people! Talk about my tantrums, talk about my mischiefs, talk about my adventures, talk about my shortcomings, defeat, strengths, fears and heartbreaks. No, dont let any guy that ever broke my heart speak at my funeral! Oby keeps a list of all their names and if any of them picks the mic to talk about what a great girl I was, im gonna get right up and give him a knock!Would it be asking too much to have an orchestra play while I'm being lowered into the ground? While my dear friend and brother Uzor sings Frank Sinatra's 'MY WAY' to accompany the band(hopefully he'll outlive me. Lol). No boring 'Beulah land' and 'fading away' hymns please! Im not having people thinking about what they'd be remembered by and crying when they should be thinking about ME! Yes folks, its all about ME that day!?
Can i have a pink heart on my grave rather than a white cross please? Not for any particular reason, id just love for my grave to stand out from others. You know how much of a drama queen i was in my life time, id love to take that with me when i am gone.?
The after funeral party should be loud nd crazy! More delightful stories about what an awesome person i was, and then of course there should be lots of food and drinks; y'all know how much i love food; please...dont be cheapskates and pay a reputable caterer for that special occasion. Id love for people to still be talking about the jollof rice they had at my funeral one month after.?
Do not cry for me when i am gone..., because indeed i lived life to the fullest. I made every moment count, lived outside the box, did my thing my way, tried to do right by God and man. True, i made many mistakes along the way but then who didnt? But id love to think i left a footprint in the sands of time(even if just a toe), id love to believe i impacted my world even just a tiny bit. Id love to believe i inspired one person even just a little, id love to think somebody smiled just because of me. Id love to believe i was a rainbow in someones So if i did, do not cry or me when i am gone, rather celebrate , because i lived life to fullest and left my world a better and happier place than i met it!~®osyology~
29/12/16
10:40pm* * * *** * * * *** * * * *** * * *Dont panic, im not dying anytime soon!lolJust felt this really strong urge to pencil down my thoughts for posterity to remember. I have been struggling with that for a while now but you now how it is when you just cannot shake a feeling off.
I plan to outlive most of y'all so fret not!But just in case you out-live me, now you know; Don't cry for me when i am gone...)
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