THE AFRO-NIGERIAN
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Last published Sat, May 26, 2018
Erin is a Normal girl who lived all her life in America not knowing she is actually from Nigeria.
She looks at her passport for the first time and notices that it is green and when she opens it for the first time only to realise that her full name is 'Oluwapamilerinayo' which is Yoruba ( one of the many languages of Nigeria) for 'God has made me laugh for joy '. She wants to know more about her home town so she takes a trip back to Nigeria. But it is not as she expected it. Join Oluwapamil-Erin-ayo in her journey to Nigeria...
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