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814. Ayobami Adebayo

Otherppl with Brad Listi

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Ola's Engagement to a Nigerian Guy

Ola is the only person in her immediate family who isn't a doctor. She's engaged to a well born Nigerian guy named Conley. Her parents are very excited about it because they know she'll be taken care of if she marries this guy. But he is hot headed, shall we say, and abusive,. And I think the story that you're telling with her gets into a lot of gender politics of Nigeria.

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