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“I Felt Black for the First Time… in AFRICA?!” Her Story Shocked Our Jamaican Host · Babes, how did you get here

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The ad rock of, you know, you're moving all the way from USA to Africa. Oh, my God. You know, all this, you know, the fear that came with my family, kind of worried about it. Oh, my God, you left your job. You're going to move to a different country with a man. Take me back. Are you born in Nigeria? I was, so I was born in Sierra Leone. Okay. But I was so early. But I literally was moved to, I was...
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I was raised in Nigeria. Okay. Most of my life pretty much. Maybe as a baby I have no recollection of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone. But I was born and raised in Nigeria. I finished my high school in Nigeria. My last year in high school in Nigeria is when I moved to the US for college. So when they're like, oh, who's this girl? Is it a, oh, who's this girl? Or is it a, hmm, who's this girl? Because it's a very different energy. Yeah. I think it could be both. But then I was still young as well. So it was more like.
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Oh, who is this girl? I'm wondering what are the silly questions that people are asking. Because as a Jamaican, there are certain stereotypes that I know we always get. People are asking, where's the dreadlocks? You know, do we smoke weed? Because apparently that's all we do in Jamaica. And so I'm wondering from a Nigerian perspective, what were some of the questions? Oh my God, you speak well. Well,
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When did you learn how to speak English? How long have you been here? Oh, a year or two. Oh, my God. And you picked up English so fast?