I wrote about growing up Nigerian in America.
To my surprise, people laughed and were like, Hey, do you host weddings and birthdays?'
A version of this story appears in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly.
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Africans are either a caricature or fleeing genocide.
Theyre never the next-door neighbor, she notes.
While the series is in development, Orji is shining on HBOsInsecure(Sundays, 10:30 p.m.
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ET), playing Issa Raes loyal best friend, Molly.
(Shes the inspiration behind the shows catchyBroken Py rap.)
Five auditions later, Orji is making her parents proud.
For so long they were like, What can we show to prove youre successful?
Now they have something:Insecureis airing in Nigeria.
Insecureairs Sundays at 10:30 p.m.
