Shapeshifting UK Tory Party leader (Kemi Badenoch) no longer identifies as Nigerian: REALLY
BBC: I no longer identify as Nigerian, Badenoch says:
“ leader Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not renewed her passport since the early 2000s…
...she said she was "Nigerian through ancestry" but "by identity, I'm not really".
Last year, Badenoch faced criticism from Nigeria's vice-president, who said she had "denigrated" the West African country…
"I know the country very well, I have a lot of family there, and I'm very interested in what happens there," she said. "But home is where my now family is."..."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24z77yg16eo
The Spectator (2024): ‘I will die protecting this country’: Kemi Badenoch on where she plans to take the Tories:
"...Her Nigerian heritage often comes up in conversations about her straight-talking style. But she says this misses the point. ‘I find it interesting that everybody defines me as being Nigerian. I identify less with the country than with the specific ethnicity [Yoruba]. That’s what I really am...
Badenoch is proud of her Yoruba heritage. It’s given her a ‘very strong identity about who you are, where you come from, traditions and so on’ – including her maiden name, Adegoke..."
The Times (2022): Nigeria roots for Kemi Badenoch’s fighting spirit:
"Until last week, few Nigerians had heard of Kemi Badenoch. But she has become a hot topic in the country where she grew up.
“The support has been very, very overwhelming,” Otunba Yomi Alao, an associate of her late father, said...
Badenoch’s father, Femi Adegoke, who died of a brain tumour in January, owned a hospital in Lagos. He sold it and founded a publishing company, and in later life became a prominent activist for the rights of his Yoruba ethnic group...
...according to Seyi Roberts, an old friend and associate of Femi...:
“We had a tradition of the seniors bullying you, making you do chores for them. He was just a rebel. He just wouldn’t take it.” Roberts added: “When I started following Kemi’s political career I said, ok, ok, ok, I know where she got that from.”"
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/nigeria-roots-for-kemi-badenochs-fighting-spirit-klsdmtpj8
https://twitter.com/paul_nwabuikwu/status/1951390627356143788
https://twitter.com/nelsabbey/status/1951294492234891394
Source:
https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/cn9yrj24l84o
Thrice (Hopeless Records): Identity Crisis:
"Image marred by self-infliction
Private wars on my soul waged
Heart is scarred by dual volitions
Juxtaposed and both engaged
Kindle flame, a test of faith
Pray help me see it through
I put all my trust in you
Refine hate and love
Fall afresh on me
End this crisis of
Identity..."
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