{"id":817,"date":"2020-03-16T06:10:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T05:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/towncryyers.com\/?p=817"},"modified":"2020-03-16T06:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T05:10:38","slug":"anthony-oluwafemi-joshua-heritage-is-nigerian-proudly-nigerian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/towncryyers.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/16\/anthony-oluwafemi-joshua-heritage-is-nigerian-proudly-nigerian\/","title":{"rendered":"ANTHONY OLUWAFEMI JOSHUA: Heritage is Nigerian, Proudly Nigerian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ANTHONY OLUWAFEMI JOSHUA: Heritage is Nigerian, Proudly\nNigerian<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching the footage of boxing superstar, Anthony Joshua,\ndeliver an emotional speech at the Commonwealth Day 2020 service in London last\nMonday personifies nothing short of true greatness. Joshua was among some of\nthe Commonwealth\u2019s top entertainers and sporting stars, who joined Queen\nElizabeth and other members of the Royal Family at a multi-faith service to\ncelebrate Commonwealth. Ferdinand Ekechukwu reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trending video had barely made the rounds on the\nblogosphere. Little did it occur to the privileged and exclusive firsthand\nbearers that it will generate a flurry of praise and admiration on its subject,\nBritish Nigerian born world heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua. Fans\nand followers in response to the post heaped praises on him, describing him\nwith kind words like, MVP, generational talent, impressive young man. \u201cHe\u2019s got\nbrain to match his biceps,\u201d another great fan posted on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joshua was among some of the Commonwealth\u2019s top entertainers\nand sporting stars, who joined Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal\nFamily at a multi-faith service to celebrate Commonwealth Day. It was attended\nby a sizeable crowd of about 2,000 people in London\u2019s Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resounding in substance and style, Joshua\u2019s speech before\nthe Queen and Prince Philip at the service, touched on a number of issues, with\nan emphasis on unity around the Commonwealth. Born in Britain and a child of\nNigerian parents, Joshua spoke at the service, telling the audience that he was\n\u201cproud to be a child of the Commonwealth\u201d. He asked people to remember how \u201cour\nCommonwealth cousins stood shoulder to shoulder in combat\u201d and spoke of the\nvalues of \u201cfairness, responsibility, tolerance and diversity\u201d which bind us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The service also included performances by West-End star,\nAlexandra Burke; and multi-platinum, multi-award winning singer-songwriter,\nCraig David. Commonwealth Day has been celebrated across the Commonwealth every\nyear since the 1970s. The unified heavyweight champion, 30, who proudly also\nrepresents his Nigerian background, was chosen to give a reflection during the\ncelebration service considered the largest annual inter-faith gathering in the\nUnited Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s event was centred around the theme, \u201cDelivering\na Common Future\u201d, highlighting how the 54 member countries in the Commonwealth\nfamily are \u201cinnovating, connecting and transforming\u201d to help achieve some of\nits biggest goals \u2013 such as protecting natural resources and boosting trade.\nThe service among its attendees was the Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland,\nThe Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, and The Duke and Duchess of\nCambridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Prince Harry and wife Meghan\nMarkle in what was their final official appearance as senior royals) and the\nEarl and Countess of Wessex also attended the service which was broadcast live\non BBC radio and television. In the event, the world boxing champion spoke\nabout his Nigerian roots and Yoruba culture. Joshua began: \u201cMy name is Anthony\nOluwafemi Olaseni Joshua and, like many of you here, I\u2019m a child of the\nCommonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was born in Watford and my heritage is Nigerian. I come\nfrom the Yoruba people, who are the largest and some might say the loudest\nethnic group in all of Africa. I\u2019m proudly Nigerian and proudly British. I join\na long line, perhaps too long to count, of UK citizens of Commonwealth origin\nwho\u2019ve made enormous contributions to this great, multicultural society of\nours. In my world, that would include names such as Joshua Buatsi, Lawrence\nOkolie and Ramla Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike me, so many children of the Commonwealth have two\nhomes, two identities, two cultures and two ways of viewing the world. Some\neven have more than two. These days we hear so much about division and\ndifference that some might be tempted to see that as a bad thing. But on the\ncontrary, it\u2019s a beautiful thing, a thing to be celebrated and cherished \u2013 and\na great source of peace and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joshua continued, by saying we, as a society, must work\nharder to move forward as one, removing all sense of division across the\nCommonwealth. \u201cI feel opportunity should be there for the taking along with\nhard work, dedication and perseverance regardless of one\u2019s background. We need\nto strive harder collectively in order to create unity. It takes a village to raise\na child and in the same vein it takes a whole community to stand together to\ntackle some of the challenges we are confronted with today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn the same way boxing gave me the opportunity and\nframework to become Olympic champion, Commonwealth champion and now heavyweight\nchampion of the world. I ask myself, \u2018what does the Commonwealth really mean?\u2019\nThe second part of that word is key for me; a united, common future could\ncreate opportunities for our Commonwealth cousins.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To the discerning, his heartfelt speech is not without wits,\nas he ended and made mention of what can probably be described as his\nfavourtite meals fish and chips and egusi soup and pounded yam. \u201cSo, here\u2019s to\nfish and chips and egusi soup and pounded yam, to the UK and Nigeria and to the\nchildren of the Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following his presentation, the two-time unified heavyweight\nchamp was later seen conversing with the Queen. Very inspirational to young\npeople and admired by older folk, His connection to his Yoruba heritage has\nnever been in doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The professional boxer was recently in Nigeria where he\nvisited the nation\u2019s capital to register for the National Identity card. He\nalso visited Sagamu, his hometown in Ogun State, where he took pictures with\ntraditional rulers and his young fans on the streets. Anthony is not lost. He\nis the type that would be described as omooluabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He once said in an interview: \u201cGrowing up in my household\nwas like Nigeria when you come home. My parents lived there and grew up there,\nso they know the culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the night he reclaimed his boxing titles from Andy Ruiz\nof Mexico, Joshua walked into the ring to the song of Afrobeat legend Fela\nAnikulapo Kuti. He will defend his three world titles against Kubrat Pulev at\nthe Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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