Ooni of Ife’s former wife, Queen Zaynab speaks on her divorce as she covers Vogue Arabia

The former wife of Ooni of Ife, Queen Zaynab, has opened up on how difficult it was to divorce her former husband.

Zaynab made this known in an interview with Vogue Arabia. In her words, “To be the first queen out of Africa to end my marriage with a king — interesting to hear that that’s considered a thing. It wasn’t easy to summon the courage for such a decision. I wanted to stand for what I believed in.”

“My epiphany came at a moment during my separation from the King. I talked to myself, deciding to uplift all those who are downtrodden.”

“I want to raise all those who are underprivileged,” she stated of her eponymous organization, which was created in 2019 and is focused at helping women attain financial independence, awarding young girls scholarships, and assisting domestic violence victims.

Glam Squad Magazine recalls that In March 2016, Zaynab married Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, the Yoruba kingdom of Ile-traditional Ife’s ruler since 2015. She got divorced from Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi in 2017. In August of 2017, the divorce was finalized.

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