At the recent Annual Conference of Heritage Adoption Support
and Advocacy Group (HASAAG) in Lagos, actress Joke Silva shocked many when she
revealed that she was not a natural child of late lawyer, Chief E.A Silva who
was the then Babajiro of Lagos and his late wife, Dr Abimbola Silva, reputed to
be Nigeria’s first female medical doctor.
Speaking at the event, the actress revealed that her family
also kept the fact that she was adopted a secret from her, until she
accidentally discovered that fact: “But I got to know years later when I wanted
to travel and was looking for my passport where my mum kept it.
Since she was not around, I opened the box in her absence
and I saw my adoption papers. I never discussed it with my mum because I felt
it was something that would hurt her, that was why, it was kept secret from
me.”
Before her discovery however, an older cousin had tried to let her know the fact that she was not a natural child of the Silvas’, “I remembered going out with my cousin and we met a big cousin.
She introduced me as ‘my cousin’s daughter and this is Dr Silva’s daughter.’ Then, the older cousin was like, ‘Dr. Silva ke? Se Doctor Silva bimo ni? (meaning does Dr. Silva have a child?) .
I was so confused and when I got home I told my mum, ‘I met this lady that says you never had a child.’ My mum froze and she said, ‘don’t mind them, they are used to rubbish talk.’
But I had incredible memories of my amazing legal parents for allowing me to do my A Level in England and going to one of the best schools in Bournemouth.
The 56 years old actress said before her adoption, she lived in a foster home of the Red Cross in Yaba, Lagos.
This is deep stuff!
Very touching...
I must give kudos to her mother (who adopted her), for gifting the world a star!
Wow! It's true what they say; being a parent is beyond the 9 months-incubation period, or filling bottles and changing diapers.
In the end, we will be judged by the outcome of the adults we nurtured from childhood.
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