Gbenga Akinnagbe Quotes

My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God.

Gbenga Akinnagbe

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• My grandmother was a Muslim. My mother is Christian. And I don't know what I am, but I believe in God.

  

  Gbenga Akinnagbe
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  • Mother