Olo’oruko Mi: Legacy Ponderings of a Nigerian-but-Mostly-American
by Julie Taiwo Oni on Very Smart Brothas, shared by J from on (#4GDE6)
I'd spent two years on this earth when I met my paternal grandmother Julianna Oni for the first-and last-time. As I was her sole olo'oruko mi-the only heir to be her namesake-she took an immediate liking to me, often raising my youthful frame in her firm, mahogany arms and chanting "Julie Julie Julie Julie" with a"