Pete Edochie and Kanayo’s Handshake With Ooni Sparks Debate Over Traditional Respect
Nollywood actors Pete Edochie and Kanayo O. Kanayo drew mixed reactions after greeting the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, with traditional Igbo handshakes at an entrepreneur’s birthday party. Some social-media users argued that the actors should have shown greater deference to the Yoruba monarch. Others defended the gesture as an Igbo custom used to greet respected men, adding that the Ooni appeared to offer the handshake first. The video has reopened debate about how Nigerians should balance respect for different traditional institutions and cultural greeting customs at public events.
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