Awkward Black Guy: I’m Not Nigerian But I Played One for a Whole Weekend

“You’re totally Nigerian,” Nkechi Nneji said, holding her hands out in a frame like she was sizing up my face for a photo. “And you’ve got an Igbo head!”

Awkward Black Guy: I’m Not Nigerian But I Played One for a Whole Weekend

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