Dedication Quote by Wunmi Mosaku

I grew up in northern Nigeria.

— Masai Ujiri

Everything I have today is because of Africa, I was born here, went to school here, I work here and I'm achieving some level…

— Tony Elumelu

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

— Dayo Okeniyi

I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always…

— Wale

What was nice for me was that when I got to secondary school - like high school - I met many other Ghanaian schoolgirls…

— Michaela Coel

Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder…

— Tinie Tempah

You are only as rich as where you come from, and Nigeria has a lot of poverty.

— Burna Boy

My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know…

— Ato Essandoh

I grew up on a dairy farm in Southeastern Connecticut, and I went into the Peace Corps right after college. I went to Ghana.…

— Bruce Wilkinson

I've got to where am in life not because of something I brought to the world but through something I found - the wealth…

— Hugh Masekela

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

— Joakim Noah

I take a lot of pride in being Nigerian

— Brendon Ayanbadejo