U.S. based Nigerian Writer Tomi Adeyemi reveals why her parents didn't teach her Yoruba
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U.S. based Nigerian Writer Tomi Adeyemi reveals why her parents didn't teach her Yoruba

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Bestselling author Tomi Adeyemi in a recent chat with BBC What’s New? talked about growing up in a Nigerian home while living in the U.S.

The 25-Year-old writer of globally loved fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone shared why her parents did not teach her and her siblings their native language – Yoruba.

Tomi also disclosed that she teases her parents for denying them the opportunity while commenting on adjusting to the life of being a child of first-generation immigrants.

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