File:A visit to a lost ancestral home.jpg
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A young lady seeking to know her roots.
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English: Mercy Coker is the young lady in the photo. She was born in Calabar but she is of Yoruba ancestry. Her grandfather was a police officer from Abeokuta, Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria, transferred to Calabar, and settled there. He never went back home, and his offspring lives in Calabar till today. Mercy her granddaughter was seeking a job with the federal government of Nigeria and was asked to provide her certificate of Origin, which happens to be Ogun state. Her father a seventy years old man has never been to Calabar and could not help her daughter out concerning her ancestry. Mercy Coker had to seek help to locate her ancestry which is Aderupoko Compound, Itesi, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
The joy in her face when she finally arrived at her ancestral home in Abeokuta.
Igbo: Mercy Coker bụ nwa agbọghọ dị na foto a. Amuru ya na Calabar mana o si na ndi Yoruba. Nna nna ya bụ onye uwe ojii si Abeokuta, Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria, bufee ya na Calabar, wee biri ebe ahụ. Ọ laghachighị n'ụlọ, na ụmụ ya bi na Calabar ruo taa. Mercy nwa nwa ya na-achọ ọrụ na gọọmenti etiti Naijiria ka o nye ya akwụkwọ ikike nke Origin, nke na-eme na steeti Ogun. Nna ya nwoke gbara afọ iri asaa agabeghị Calabar ma enweghị ike inyere nwa ya nwanyị aka gbasara nna nna ya. Mercy Coker aghaghị ịchọ enyemaka iji chọta nna nna ya bụ Aderupoko Compound, Itesi, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria. Ọṅụ dị n'ihu ya mgbe o mechara rute n'ụlọ nna nna ya na Abeokuta.. |
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| Author | Mosope Coker |
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This image was uploaded as part of Wiki Loves Africa 2021 photographic contest.
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