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| Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. |
In commemoration of the International Day of the Girl Child
today, October 11th, she wrote;
“On today’s
girl child day I’ll do an unusual post true to me. As a child I lost my father
age 12. Sponsored by a great community of Ondo men, the #Ekimogun club, so i
could continue my education. At age 15, started struggling to help my widowed
mother. I started working in the Entertainment Industry.
While going
to school, and working, faced many challenges as a female child… talks of being
loose, perhaps being a prostitute, lack of freedom to mingle like male
counterparts, rumours and fear of slander, sexual harassments… but one of my early
dreams was to be great at whatever I chose and be side by side the best in the
World.
I’m Not
totally there yet, … but.. That 12 years old iyana-Ipaja little girl did take
care of her widowed mum till she died, took care of her younger brothers… they
are in marriage stages now, taking care of herself and her own family, taking
care of a few people she is privileged to be able to.
She has
worked, spoken on, been awarded on World stages, and has been compared to the
people she admired when growing up , from other parts of the World… She’s still
a work in progress but…
Don't You dare Underestimate the possibilities of a girl Child.
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