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Chiké Okonkwo

October 29, 2020 • Season 1 • Episode 8

After a short hiatus, we're back!! From being a member of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company in the UK, to now you may know him as Lee Truitt from BET's Being Mary Jane or PC Clark in BBC One's New Tricks. British-Nigerian actor, producer and activist Chiké Okonkwo is with us. Chiké spoke to us about growing up in a Nigerian household in South London, how his move to the US allowed him to tell the stories he truly wanted to tell and why he and Priya share a love of Beyoncé.

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Credits -
Producer: Soleil Space
Hosts: Micha Cooper-Edwards, Priya Shanmuganathan
Guest: Chiké Okonkwo
Editor: Cooper Conley-Currier
Music: Foreigner
Outro Song: Bigger - Beyoncé