For those joining me for the first time, I was born in the USA, raised in Lagos, Nigeria and for the longest time thought I was Yoruba i.e. from what was the Southern part of Nigeria. I read, spoke and wrote Yoruba fluently and better than most Yoruba natives. I also wasn’t called Uduak. I …
POWER Interview: Cobhams Asuquo – ‘I Don’t Know that Any Man has the Wisdom to Marry Right’
I was raised in Lagos and until I was about 10, I believed I was of Yoruba heritage. Then, I found out I was from Calabar or what is now known as Akwa-Ibom. I was disappointed! I read, wrote, and spoke Yoruba, at the time, better than many Yoruba folks I knew. How could it …