Hello, I am Jean Asekun. I am 71 years old and living in USA. Here is a small nugget from my life story still unfolding. I was born in Belfast in 1937. I still remember, I was 3 years old, when my family was evacuated to a sea side location called Portballintrae in Northern Ireland. It was a beautiful place and I have fond memories of my childhood.

I was 22 when I moved to London. Here I met a young man from Nigeria who was studying Petroleum Engineering in the University of London.  Later I married him when I was 27. Within a year of our wedding, we both moved to my husband’s country in Lagos, Nigeria. Here I spent more than five years. During this time we both became the proud parents of 3 little sweet children. Continue reading →