Womiloju!!! Womiloju!!! Womilenu!!! Wominimu!!!



Omo Oloriburuku...the child never hears when she's being called!



Maaaa...Womiloju finally shouts....i'm coming ma!



foolish girl! how many times do i have to call you before you hear and answer me...



E ma binu ma, i was in the toilet...



Well, go and pack your things, you're going to iya Kano....since you won't read, "olodo oshi" all your mates are moving ahead, you can't pass one class...me i can't keep you again, you're going to go live with iya Kano.



Ahh...maami, please i don't won't to go...i will try school again....



ahhh...abi "awon aiye se omo yi ni?" jo, go and pack your things and you will follow ahmed tomorrow morning to catch the bus to Kano.



Womiloju cried her eyes out and begged but to no avail....two days later she was with iya Kano learning how to make ogi and to sell...which she did very well for 4 months...



After 4 months, just when she was settling down,Womiloju is sent again to Abeokuta to go live with maami's niece who has a 3years old child and is expecting another.



Womiloju, lo pon omo wa funmi...Womiloju, lo ra iresi wa, Womiloju lo gbale yara, Womiloju lo gba eko wa ni odo iya risi wa...Womiloju was sent on endless errands...climbing up and down over 40 stone steps about 6 to 7 times a day....



The day after maami's niece had her baby, 3 months into Womiloju living with them, she was called back to Lagos.



Womiloju, o ma lo ko ise. you will learn to sew...from now on, you will go to iya Bamiji every morning and come back at night...by 3 weeks you better be able to sew...if u can't i repeat, if u cannot at that time...o ti rogo!



Womiloju did learn and became really good, she got her freedom 6 months later and maami bought her a sewing machine...



Womiloju started making progress in life, she got married and had her first child, while she was expecting her second child, something happened that prompted her to go see an uncle that was a doctor... the uncle sent her to another doctor...an ENT...results came out after some tests...



Womiloju was deaf in one ear...that's the reason she could never pass in school...she never heard what was being said in class....the classes were too large and she sat at the back...she was able to hear at home because everyone around was generally loud when talking....

a different path was chosen for her...her destiny had been changed just because no one paid attention....



Womiloju is 54 years old now, came to america for the first time...in her wildest dreams, she never thought she would come abroad...her children have brought her here to visit....



I thought her story was really inspirational...