“When I first came, it was hard for me to make friends. I was bullied a lot for my accent, for the way I looked, the way I dressed, and the way I wore my hair. At the time, being African was a ground for being bullied, so Nigerian kids around me tried to be as American as possible. Nobody wanted to identify as African. In high school, I remember people would be like: ‘Oh, I’m not Nigerian, my parents are Africans. I’m not African, my parents are African.’ People would legitimately tell you to your face.”