Exactly my thoughts Doc. When I talk to Caribbeans, those in Peru, Panama etc and they discuss about their syncretism based culture/worship known as Santeriya, you need to know how proud I am. They have their patron saints tattooed on their backs and each child/each family have a patron saint too. Imagine someone telling me Obaluaye is her Patron Saint, another Yemoja, another Sango, with so much passion.

One of my colleagues travels to Oyo with his daughter yearly— they are ifá initiates, his daughter bears a Yoruba name. They aren’t Nigerian. 
Some nonentities somewhere are now reducing the Alaafin’s stool to a tussle of religion, forgetting the culture and tradition extends far beyond our borders. How are the non Nigerian Yorubas scattered all over the world supposed to be incorporated in the mix of things?
Ilèe Yorùbá ju gbogbo òsì àti òrò àlùfànsá yí lo.