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News Celebrity Interview continued from page 6 growth and happiness. That’s still a lot of words. Let’s try this: we are all different and that’s okay. That’s not incredibly poetic, but it’s the message at its essence. KW: You’re half-Nigerian and half-Norwegian? Which do you identify with more? TO: Oh, I identify with them both very strongly. I identify myself as a Nigerian because that is where I was born and raised and where my family still lives. And, in my mind, that is the defi- nition of where someone is from. But I was raised by a very Nor- wegian mother and spent a ton of time there every year until I was about 14 and am closest to my Norwegian relatives. So, it is very difficult to choose. Call me, Sophie. [ala Sophie’s Choice] Well, don’t, it’s not my name and not really that traumatic of a choice, but you get my gist. KW: So, do you still have lots of friends and relatives in both places? TO: I do. KW: Do you speak Norwe- gian? TO: I do. Not as well as I did in my childhood but I can get by in a conversation. Read the rest online at www.theskanner.com Toks Olagundoye 27 TH ANNUAL M ARTIN L UTHER K ING , J R . B REAKFAST Monday January 21, 2013 8:30-10:30 a.m. Hilton Portland Grand Ballroom 921 SW Sixth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204 R Reserve a table: MLKBreakfast@theskanner.com Page 12 The Portland Skanner November 28, 2012
