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| Joke Silva. |
At
the Annual Conference of Heritage Adoption Support and Advocacy Group (HASAAG)
in Lagos, actress Joke Silva shocked many when she revealed that she was not a
natural child of late lawyer, Chief E.A Silva who was the then Babajiro of
Lagos and his late wife, Dr Abimbola Silva, reputed to be Nigeria’s first
female medical doctor.
Speaking
at the event, the actress revealed that her family also kept the fact that she
was adopted a secret from her, until she accidentally discovered that fact:
“But I got to know years later when I wanted to travel and was looking for my
passport where my mum kept it.
Since
she was not around, I opened the box in her absence and I saw my adoption
papers. I never discussed it with my mum because I felt it was something that
would hurt her, that was why, it was kept secret from me.”
Before
her discovery however, an older cousin had tried to let her know the fact that
she was not a natural child of the Silvas’, “I remembered going out with my
cousin and we met a big cousin.
She
introduced me as ‘my cousin’s daughter and this is Dr Silva’s daughter.’ Then,
the older cousin was like, ‘Dr. Silva ke? Se Doctor Silva bimo ni? (meaning does
Dr. Silva have a child?) .
I
was so confused and when I got home I told my mum, ‘I met this lady that says
you never had a child.’ My mum froze and she said, ‘don’t mind them, they are
used to rubbish talk.’
But
I had incredible memories of my amazing legal parents for allowing me to do my
A Level in England and going to one of the best schools in Bournemouth.
Original
report by Kemi Ashefon.
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