Kemiashefonlovehaven profiles one of the queens of Ile Ife, Oloori Afolashade Ashley
She is beautiful. Never made an attempt to bleach her skin and a promoter of the Yoruba culture.
Though Princess Afolashade Ashley has her base in London, she embraces the culture of her ancestors and would always wear white.clothes.
With her non profit organization, Afolashade Ashley Adegoke Foundation, Oloori Ashley, who is a blue-blood, has succeeded in putting smiles on the faces of orphans, widows, single mums and the less privileged in the society.
One of the beautiful queens of the Ooni of Ife, she was a single mum before meeting the king who was forbidden by tradition to marry for a first wife (Yeyeluwa) any woman who has experienced motherhood. The reason why the Yeyeluwa crown didn’t come her way before Oloori Wuraola and then, Oloori Naomi Silekunola.
But Queen Ashley would always refer to herself as a Princess of the Source.
On her Instagram page, she writes, “I am a princess of the source of Oodua… Aya Osha, Aya Adimula, Aya Olofin, Omo Olofin who can NEVER be duplicated, imitated or intimidated… Call me PAAA 👑👑 AFolasade Ashley ODU Aya Orunmila 👑👑👑”
Moreover, she shares a throwback photo of her sitting on a royal chair in the Ile Ife palace in 2017.
She wrote on the post, “#throwback2017….To be a shinning STAR… it comes with confidence… you must know WHO you are, WHERE you are from and WHAT you carry… don’t run anyone’s race… run yours.. shine your own light, follow your own path, don’t worry about any darkness or negativity because that’s when the stars shine the brightest… Aya Osha … Aya Adimula… Omo Oba… So proud of who I am… AFolasade Ashley ODU Aya Orunmila 👑👑👑
This definitely confirmed that her love affair with the king had been functional before the past and current queens.
Ooni married Oloori Silekunola Ogunwusi in 2018. The couple welcomed heir prince in 2020.