O. T. Fagbenle Quotes

My family is very nomadic - my mom, in particular, traveled the world as a young person, and her father before that, and I guess I have that inside me.

O. T. Fagbenle

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• My family is very nomadic - my mom, in particular, traveled the world as a young person, and her father before that, and I guess I have that inside me.

  

  O. T. Fagbenle
  • World
  • Family
  • Father