ABOUT Our Founder
Her Royal Majesty Queen Angelique-Monét Gureje-Thompson
Her Royal Majesty Queen Angelique-Monét Gureje-Thompson (Yeyeluwa Olori of Eti-Oni) is the American born wife of Nigerian monarch, His Majesty the Oloni of Eti-Oni, Oba Dokun Thompson Gureje IV. She is an ex beauty queen, master ventriloquist, actress, former model, film producer, celebrity television hostess, singer, musician with a long standing humanitarian background since childhood and a multiple award winning Living Legend by the Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) for her contribution to the arts. She was born in Nashville Tennessee, and raised in Greenville, South Carolina in a political household of civil rights leaders. She was raised by her late Mother and her maternal grandparents, Senator Theo Walker Mitchell, the second African American in United States history to receive a nomination from a major party (Democratic Party) for Governor (80s) since Reconstruction, and while her paternal grand-father was the Co-Vice Chairman of the Republican Party in the 80s.
As a shy girl who was bullied she overcame obstacles through the art of mastering ventriloquism and classical music which was her talent in beauty pageants that landed her the State Title and top 10 in the Nationals. She went on to graduate from Saint Augustine’s University, North Carolina with a Bachelor’s degree in mass communications. While in college she pursued a journalism career and worked for NBC, CBS, ABC and UPN in top markets behind and in front of the scenes. In order to pursue a career in stage acting she moved to New York City and shortly made history as the only stage actress ventriloquist to ever act in a one woman play in Theatre Row for a traditional Off Broadway run at the start of the Millennium when the art form was not as popular. It has been recorded that this historical production changed modern day ventriloquism. Seeing the need for minority women to tell their own stories, she founded Greta Joanne Entertainment, a USA based boutique film production, film sales agent, public relations, media, and event design company. To date the company has produced, distributed and provided public relations services for many films with Hollywood names and international foreign pictures.
For over a decade, majority of Queen Angelique-Monet’s work has been humanitarian based as the Founder of New Generation In Action’s A.F.I World Peace Initiative an international Non-Governmental Organization that is supported by the United Nations in Consultative Status and utilizes film, the arts and media to aide in world peace and tolerance. Her Royal Majesty plays an active role in being an advocate for children, women, girls and also the under-served and under-represented communities including indigenous people with initiatives and events year round. As the Yeyeluwa Olori of Eti-Oni, Her Royal Majesty is the President of Eti-Oni Development Group, initiator and founder of the annual Eko Chocolate Show, The Cocoa Festival at Eti-Oni, Royal Cocoa Festival Dinner London and Co-Founder with her husband His Royal Majesty Oba Dokun Thompson, Royal Cocoa International Film Festivals.
Within Queen Angelique-Monet’s previous career as an on air personality, she interviewed Hollywood veterans such as Morgan Freeman, Alan Alda, David Morse, James Cromwell, just to name a few. Some of her international performances within the past 10 years have included Parliament of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg where the former European Commission Chairman Jean Juncker commended her African-American and Native American spiritual medley, Petit Palais Museum in Paris for Namaste Festival where she was the first to sing jazz music of the veena classical instrument.
Queen Angelique-Monet periodically performs with her puppet, Milk the Cow, for the children of Eti-Oni, Osun State, which made world news and BBC World Service dubbed her as ”Ventriloquist Queen,” and ”Royal Puppet Performer.” Her Royal Majesty enjoys literature, history, the arts, learning about different cultures, cocoa farming, spending time with her family and the people of Eti-Oni and environs