By HRH John Babatunde Lee
A Name Beyond Maps
Names carry spirit. They are not mere labels—they are identities, stories, and destinies encoded in language. The name Africa, as the world knows it today, is a relic of foreign conquest—given not by its children, but by outsiders who saw only terrain, not soul. It is time to reclaim what was lost. It is time to rename Africa not as a colony of history, but as the spiritual and sovereign Kingdom of Olodumare.
What Is “Africa”?
The name Africa has no single indigenous root. It is widely believed to have originated from Roman and Latin terms like “Afri”—used to describe the lands around Carthage in modern Tunisia. Later expanded by European empires, the term “Africa” grew to refer to the entire continent, without the consent or cultural contribution of its people.
What we call Africa today is not a name chosen by its ancestors—it is a colonial invention, disconnected from its divine identity.
Why “The Kingdom of Olodumare”?
Olodumare is the name of the Supreme Creator in Yoruba cosmology—an all-encompassing, omnipotent force who governs the universe with order, wisdom, and compassion. This name predates colonial influence. It is indigenous, divine, and profoundly African.
Renaming the continent as The Kingdom of Olodumare is not merely symbolic—it is a spiritual awakening. It repositions the continent as:
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A sacred land, not a commodity
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A kingdom, not a colony
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A divine civilization, not a developing region
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A continent unified under ancestral sovereignty, not divided by artificial borders
What the Kingdom Represents
The Kingdom of Olodumare is not a monarchy in the traditional sense. It is a spiritual and philosophical framework for uniting the continent under divine values:
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Justice over exploitation
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Wisdom over war
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Community over corruption
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Balance with nature over ecological destruction
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Spiritual technology over soulless consumerism
It is a vision where governance is sacred duty, not power grab. Where citizens are divine vessels, not subjects. Where the land is consecrated by purpose, not plunder.
From Africa to Olodumare: Rewriting Our Future
This is more than renaming—it is rebirth. A divine reorientation of how we see ourselves and how the world must now see us.
From this day forth, we declare that:
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Our maps may still say “Africa,” but our spirit proclaims “Olodumare.”
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We are no longer divided tribes—we are one Kingdom with many nations.
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We are no longer children of colonization—we are heirs of divine sovereignty.
Conclusion: The Dawn of a Divine Era
As the sun rises once again upon our lands, we rise with it—not as victims of history but as visionaries of destiny. The Kingdom of Olodumare is not a dream—it is a divine calling. It begins now. It begins with us.
Let the world adjust.
HRH John Babatunde Lee
Visionary Steward of The Kingdom of Olodumare
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