Every saturday Dad would take me for my history lesson where I’d learn Yoruba and Igbo songs the teacher would sing for us while giving us moves to travel across the floor when we didn’t have the money to travel overseas learned rhythms to tell stories learned steps used to ground us began learning how to find home later on in my own skin
-- Ada (Graduation Day)

Importance: In this quote, Ada illustrates the means through which she connects to herself and her identity in an environment where she feels consistently disconnected and othered. Through stories and rhythms of her family’s history, Ada feels a sense of belonging and ownership over her body, which she otherwise and consistently feels disconnected from.

How can I tell someone who does nothing before he has a chance to pray that the god I’m getting to know teaches me how to seek my own...
-- Ada (Graduation Day)