Father Quote by Patrick Cox

I left Cameroon when I was 13 years old, and I've lived more in Europe than Africa.

— Samuel Eto'o

My father is Nigerian; my mother is from Texas and African-American. My father was the first in his family to go to university. He…

— Kehinde Wiley

From 1971 to 1993, my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself.

— Giles Foden

My parents were among the first families from their area to leave Nigeria and come to America, the land of the free.

— Nnamdi Asomugha

I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria.

— Rick Famuyiwa

I grew up in northern Nigeria.

— Masai Ujiri

My parents got divorced when I was around a year old. My dad was essentially a nonentity in my life until I got to…

— Tucker Max

My mother was born in Ghana, but she moved to the U.K. when my sisters and I were born.

— Philomena Kwao

Both my parents are Nigerian, but my mother worked internationally so when she travelled so did the kids.

— Kemi Badenoch

I was born to teenage parents who got married young and divorced early.

— Nina Turner

I go back to Africa every year. I have a home there. You know, my grandfather lives back there in Cameroon.

— Joakim Noah

My father ran an insurance company, but he passed away when I was 8. My mother was an economist working for the government of…

— Richelieu Dennis