It’s because she is beautiful, you know. That’s all it is. They don’t really care about the rest of it. She gets a pass at life. - Oyinkan Braithwaite

As an individual I’m attracted to strong female characters – my characters have always been people who own themselves. Even if they’re strongly doing something wrong, they’ve always been powerful people.

We are nothing if not thorough in our deception of others.

Here in Nigeria, being the first born is a huge, huge role. It's a huge responsibility. It's a big deal. You're treated - from the get-go, you're treated differently. You know, there's a kind of proverb here. I'm not sure what language it's in, but where they say, the eldest child is the one that opened the womb.