We thought we'd share a brief history of how the Ahosu, Daxome kingship, found its way back to amerikkka. Last year while doing Ifa and Egungun work in dallas we met some pretty serious political nationalists. One of them was Baba Bandele owner of Pan Afrikan Connection there in dallas. Pan Afrikan Connection is THE cultural connection for Afrikans in dallas where all of the major political events are held and it houses a tremendous collection of cultural artifacts, dvds, books, incense, jewelry, kwk. So one Tuesday afternoon we wanted to stop by and speak with Baba Bandele about some things while in the area. He was not there but it is always a pleasure just to look around in this store which has a powerful ase. While perusing through the dvds we hear someone say "Aboru Aboye, Abosise. E pele o Oba". It was a Yoruba Oloye (chief) named Fatola from Washington dc. Chief Fatola lives sometime in dc and some time in Abome, Benin. Anyway I greeted him back and promptly said laughingly "Ogbo ato asure iworiwofun. Mo dupe, sugbon Oba ko mi - Long life and health. Thank you however I am not an Oba". He laughed at me as if I was a nervous child who could not remember his name! lol. Anyway he said to me you carry the ase of an Oba and you don't know you are an Oba.

At that point I immediately remembered something in my roots reading from years ago that spoke of royal blood and the like. I was thinking he could have not known that, BUT what is the Oba thing he keeps insisting on. So, we spoke more and he asked where did I hail from. I said mobile, alabama where the last "slave" ship landed, the Clotilda. His eyes bucked and he said he JUST was informed about the Clotilda the day before! I spoke of the fact that it was from Daxome (Benin) and that I actually descended from the Fon of Daxome. This knowledge was gathered from my ipile Fa ("roots reading"). Immediately he asked me "Are you the young awo that has a website with the roots reading information on it?" Of course, I answered be eni (yes it is so). I told him I was also initiated as a Bokonon and to Xeviosso in Vodun.

He said "ah ah...o ni iwo!" It is you! Now I am semi spooked now because now I am not sure where this is going. So I said "ooooo k". Lol. So all of a sudden he jumps on his I phone and beging to speak in Yoruba. But THEN I noticed he would pause from time to time and speak on Fongbe, the language of the Fon people. So now I've gone from spooked to "Man, I can't wait till this Baba gets off the phone so I can know what's going on", lol!

So he said that he was just speaking with some "elders" from Abome who were in town with him and asked me did I want to "meet" them. I said sure not knowing how this would impact the rest of my life and the future of Afrikan tradition here in amerikkka. So two days later I arrive at a plush rental house in north dallas. Literally I was greeted as a high ranking chief or king and I did not know why so I remained silent and listened. We ate, laughed and drank. I spoke to the Daxome elders through my new Yoruba friend Chief Fatola. Chief Fatola knows some Fongbe and is fluent in French. Of course, he is 100% fluent in his own native language of Yoruba. The elders spoke Fongbe and French.

After some time I relayed to them my story of how I came to Afrikan tradition, where I was from, and my goals and purposes for being in this tradition. When the chief relayed to them that I lived by a maroon philosophy I recall them bursting out into this song in Fongbe. All I could glean from it was that they were praising Dada Segbo ("god" in Vodun tradition) for the person or persons present. So I was thinking in my little kpoli (mind...similar to ori in Yoruba) that THIS must be good. Chief Fatola turned to me and said they approved of this philosophy and that they hoped others in Vodun and Orisa followed it. After some time the elders got silent and all of a sudden went into another room. So I continued to chat it up with Chief Fatola. Then I could hear the elders chanting and praying. Then a I hear a goat...and then all of a sudden I DON'T hear a goat (y'all know what that means). The WHOLE time this was going on Chief Faola never broke stride in the convo! Lol!

So the elders come out and pull Oloye Fatola to the side and speak with him. He tells me that they wish to divine for me. By this time I only know that they are Bokonon (Bokonon is like a Babalawo but in the Vodun tradition). So I sit for the reading. Now, I don't know if you all have ever had a reading where multiple Babalawo/Iyanifa/Bokonon were reading you all simultaneously, but I tell you that it is a powerful experience. This is something we should reinstate here in amerikkka more often. But I digress.

Long story short the lead Odu was Gudafluwogbe (Ogunda Ogbe in Yoruba)! Wow! Why is this so significant? Because this is my Odu in Ifa priesthood! Oloye Fatola began to translate. He said, "The elders say that you have the lineage to wear the beaded crown of the Vodun (Daa - someone big or great) Ahosu. It is the ancient kingship from Daxome." What is powerful is that much of the info that came out in this reading was the same info that appeared in my roots reading from 2004. This reading simply had a few more details that brought even greater clarity.

They went on to tell the history of this title and my lineage's relation to it which appears below. One week later, on September 27, 2010 after a 3 day ceremony, I was crowned Ahosu - Agelo Djisovi Sagbaju Agbovi I.

Ahosu loosely means king in Fon. This would be similar to Oba in Yoruba.

This Ahosu title is an ancient title developed in ancient Abome, Daxome (Benin). The holders of the title, due to certain corruption going on around them and internal dysfunction, had to flee Danxome in 1800 during the reign of Adandozan. The Fa oracle told them to leave Danxome for Oyo where they were well respected and were referred to as Alade Abome and were allowed to rule amongst their own people (others who had fled Danxome for Oyo). In about 1820, they eventually were assisted back to Danxome by Oyo warriors where the title was resurrected but not without struggle. When the title came back my family was selected to chose from amongst their rank someone to ascend the throne and restore order to the town of Xevie. A battle ensued between someone who had placed himself as Daa-Ahosu and the rightful title holders (which was my family at that time). Unfortunately, this battle cost some of my clan members their freedom and they were sold into enslavement. They were sold into enslavement by factions who wanted to maintain their leadership control they were exercising through unscrupulous endeavors - raiding Afrikans for enslavement and selling them. The clans that had come back from Oyo, including my family, were staunchly against slave raiding and the like which intensified the battle. Some of the Danxomean Savi people and some Yoruba living in north Abome were profiting greatly from the Maafa and the returning clan combined with ANY of my family coming on the throne posed a great threat to that. Around 1840, as the battles between the corrupt guard and the rightful title hilders continued, the title was lost due to the scattering and selling into enslavement of the rightful heirs. This was during the reign of king Gezo. However, as a direct descendant of those that were the rightful title holders, the kingship has been resurrected here in north amerikkka through my person. What a humbling and heavy experience!

During their stay in Oyo several Oyo customs were picked up. Some of them include the ila abaja (tribal marks - 3 horizontal marks on each cheek), Oyo Yoruba language, Yoruba dressing styles, beaded crowns (the crowns amongst the Danxomean kings were different before this time), beaded canes, the salutation to their king as kabiyesi, kwk. They brought back several orisa to a certain area of Abome, Savi and Xevie that previously were not there. There is still a quarter in Western Abome, Benin where you see a great mix of Fon and Oyo customs.

Addendum--- Many wish to see coronation pictures or videos. You will not see that here or any of our sites. In our Maroon opinion those things are for those that were at our coronation, family, and close friends. Many people in the Orisa tradition seem to revel in putting pictures and videos up of sacred ceremonies that were not MEANT for the entire public to see. Much of it is for show and self aggrandizement. We post this information here just for that - information. Many that like to post many pictures and the like of ceremonies many times do not overstand those ceremonies, and/or often lack majorly in the area of character development. Also, we noticed that New Afrikans like to ask other New Afrikans about HARD PROOF of their spiritual credentials while at the same time, if someone from the continent said they hold this or that title they AUTOMATICALLY believe the person they are speaking to. The question should always be, whether the person be king or ogberi, is your work towards family development, nation building, creating prosperous spaces for us to live and worship, and is it based on the reality of the war that we find ourselves in with our enemies for over 6000 years. New Afrikans: accept and exercise your OWN divinity. Recognize your own titled persons and those deserving of titles.

A houanu ka ka (thank you very much)
E yi hwe devonou (see/talk to you next time)
His Royal Majesty Fawesagu Agbovi I
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