![]() What’s your idea of home? Where do you feel at home and how do you find home when you’re away from it? You can’t put a price on that.ĪS: I know that you have homes in Florida and in Paris, and you do so much traveling. I think that really confronts you with your own ideas about how you think the world is, or how open-minded you are, or even how people perceive you or see you. It’s not necessarily where you go, but it really is about what you learn about yourself. And I think that was important for me to experience, along with the other experiences that I had.ĪS: I think you’re touching on something so important-the magic of travel, really. But it was really, truly magical to be someplace where everyone looks like me. You could see people of all colors and countries and everything. And I appreciate all the feelings, you know? And obviously Paris and London, they have a plethora of different cultures. It’s like, yay! It’s a different feeling. ![]() But then you go to Africa and you’re just, like, one of the whole population. And it’s great and cool to be in Russia, especially in the ’90s. Because I go to Russia, you know, and I go to China, and I go to places where I’m the only black person there. Where I’m from in Guinea, and where I grew up in Nigeria, I was never a minority, you know? Everyone looked like me, and talked like me. When I moved to the United States it was such an education. ”ĪS: I hear what you’re saying about belonging. ![]() “For the first time, I just felt like I belonged. It’s hard…I mean, maybe you can understand it. But for the first time, I just felt like I belonged. Africa is an amazing place, and I just felt… I didn’t stand out there. I think the first time I went to Senegal, Nigeria, and Ghana. AS: What was your first trip to Africa like? Where did you go? ![]()
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