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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.
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