What It Feels Like to Be the Firstborn in a Poor Nigerian Family

What It Feels Like to Be the Firstborn in a Poor Nigerian Family

I was born in 1996, the first child in a family of five. From the moment I could walk, I became the second adult in the house—except no one gave me a choice. While other children were playing outside and living carefree lives, I was helping my mum watch over my siblings, boiling rice, running […]