Writing NigerianGRL blogs has required me to question my Nigerian identity in ten million different ways. In a recent conversation with my advisor, we discussed the quintessential question “where are you from?” The truth is for many children of immigrants, not only but including Nigerian Americans, that question is never an easy one. Reflecting brought me back to one of my favorite ever essays about my own identity and the ways that I have tried to saddle a life between Southern California and Nigeria. I’ve adapted the essay below to sound a little blog-ier and to incorporate new experiences as I’ve grown.
