PHOTOS: Meet The First American to Become an Oba in Yoruba Land

Walter Eugene was born on the 5th of October, 1928, in Michigan, United States. He was initiated to become a clergy. When he became an Oba, his name changed to Oba Efuntola Oseijeman Adelabu Adefunmi.

While he was growing up in the United States, he became so much interested in knowing about the culture of Africans. He had a trip to some countries in Africa, to study their cultures.

He was the first black American to be ordained in the Obatala priesthood, that was how his original name changed.