"It's Africa's time... I am an incurable optimist"" - Princess Fifi Ejindu

About Princess Fifi Ejindu

Princess Fifi Ejindu is a Nigerian architect, businesswoman and philanthropist. Born in Ibadan, she is the great-granddaughter of King James Ekpo Bassey of Cobham Town in Calabar, Nigeria. Biography Fifi is the great-granddaughter of James Ekpo Bassey, an Efik monarch of the colonial era whose seat was in Cobham Town, Calabar, Nigeria. King Bassey, her mother's grandfather, was crowned king of Cobham Town by representatives of Queen Victoria in 1893. As a result of this heritage, Princess Fifi uses the title of H.H. The Obonganwan King James socially. The princess was born Offiong Ekanem Ejindu in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Nigeria. She was also raised there.