"Baybay, lemme be a TY Bello to your Olajumoke"
Talent Managers, that's a free pick up line there for you, lol.
"Oh God of Olajumoke, as I go out today, may I photobomb my way to destiny. Lord, every Okada man that wants to cover my glory, Holy Ghost fire, consume them. Consume them, consume them, consume them" - The Bread Seller's prayer
"My Father, my Father, every Olajumoke that wants to photobomb and steal my glory, Father let them arrive too late to the scene. Father, send them a customer that will buy 50 Naira bread and give them 1000 Naira. Do it, Lord, do it!" ~ The Okada man's prayer.
Oya, you help me with the TY Bello prayer, the Tinie's prayer and the "Mallam"'s prayer.
So, in less than 1 month, Olajumoke has gone from an obscure bread seller to a model/brand ambassador of internatonal repute. She didn't participate in any audition and she didn't go through elimination stages. She didn't need the audience to vote for her. She didn't emerge winner in controversial circumstances.
She simply woke up one "fateful" day and did what she did the day before and was guided by "Unseen Hands" to the place of her transformation.
So, I assume we all know the story. For the benefit of my children and grandchildren that will read this in future, by God's grace and for those that may have had their head buried in books, studying for exams (that's the ONLY acceptable excuse for not knowing what's up if you are alive and living in Nigeria on this 18th day of February, 2016)...
TY Bello was having a photo shoot with Tinie and was trying to capture the Okada man (to make the picture have "street cred") when Olajumoke unknowingly photobombed one of the shots.
While editing the pictures, TY Bello saw the picture and decided to find Olajumoke. So TY Bello put out the picture on social media, asking who knows this Bread Seller. A "Mallam" saw the picture and showed Olajumoke, who then contacted TY Bello. FYI, "Mallam" actually means "Teacher", but you know our ways na - Every Hausa man who owns a kiosk is an "Aboki" (my friend) or a "Mallam". That was the turning point in Olajumoke's life. She signed a modelling contract, a company rented an apartment for her and her family. Endorsement deals are pouring in for her. Of course, some have unsolicited marital advice for her and those favoring her to also help her husband so that she doesn't earn too much more than him and lose her marriage *eye roll*
Then, some said the make-up in her first photo shoot was too much (Yeah, I'm one of that "some"). Then we heard StanBic IBTC had signed her on. So, we started asking when TY is having her next photo shoot (so we can also photobomb our way to the top). We even advised Kanye to try the Olajumoke move to get Mark Zuckerberg to help him out of his $53 million debt.
Linda Ikeji and her alleged fake Hermes bags couldn't distract us from Olajumoke's story. A sharp person made her a motivational speaker in their program themed "If we were government"...Then we ruled that "E don do" while running free advert for the program.
I'll like to hear Olajumoke's voice. I missed the CNN story so I can't tell if she spoke or not. She can't smile through a motivational speech...The language with which she communicates is not as important to me as the message of hope she represents in this era. She'll eventually learn poise but that only helps with communicating better.
If the only thing she talks about is a chronicle of the events that led her to a) photobomb the picture and b) meet TY Bello, that's motivational enough for me. Besides, she doesn't need a Harvard education to tell us what she'll do if she were the government. After all, we learnt recently that a bread label/NEPA bill is sufficient to rule Nigeria. I'm sure she has enough bread labels. #PunIntended
I'm doubly pleased that the TY Bello part shows that not all women wound other women (Shout out to the WWW clan). Some women build up other women; I know a lot of such women...(Unfortunately, I know more than my fair share of members of the WWW clan too)...
Olajumoke is motivational enough for me...I can't speak for you...
Enjoy your day.
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