“He’s Gay. We Will Kill Him:” Nigerian-American Actor Performs One-Man Show About LGBTQ Asylum Seeker
Gbenga Akinnagbe starred in a show at the Bronx Heritage Music Center highlighting the issues surrounding LBGT asylum seekers. Read more on Documented. The story (“`He’s Gay. We Will Kill Him:’ Nigerian-American Actor Performs One-Man Show About LGBTQ Asylum Seeker”) begins:
“`Sir please, please, I cannot return back to Nigeria. I will be killed for being gay,’ the actor Gbenga Akinnagbe said as he reenacted the true life story of Edafe Okporo to a crowd at a community forum in the Bronx Music Heritage center . . . .”
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