Akbar Gbajabiamila

of all those who were first gen second gen doing well in america in entertainment in sports and in other areas in business and we told their stories to be able to inspire all of those who were watching around not just the ones here you know in america stateside but also over on the continent and you would think that they would be like

you know, like when Yao Ming played here, like there was such pride over there so that you're doing really well here.

There's gotta be pride at home.

Absolutely.

And because I'm not there, I don't get that sense of feeling.

But what I heard in my uncle's voice was, wow.

And I said, well, why don't we start telling those stories?

So it's not just in Nigeria.

But people of Ghana and Egypt and Congo and all over the diaspora, we want to be able to tell their stories.

And so this season, we've been telling a lot of the Nigerian stories.

And now we're getting ready to turn and start to tell the stories of the people from other countries, from Sierra Leone and from Mali and from Burkina Faso, from Sudan to Somalia, Eritrea, all over.

I've been to nine countries in Africa.

And it's my hope that I will be able to visit all 54 countries.

I think the best way to carry it on is use the platform that I know how to, you know, to use and being able to multiply and share, you know, around for everyone.

People are really finding it love, you know, finding love in it because there is the commonality, but then there are also the little bit of the secret sauce and kind of like what drives a lot of the first gens and second gens.

What do you love most about Nigeria?

You may not start out in the beginning, but you definitely will not finish last.

And so just because you don't start off strong, you don't start off first, but you will never carry last.

And that is a very popular saying.

and i love that because it's been the story of my life you know got into the nfl's undrafted free agent got into broadcasting with not having a big name you know coming in from sports you know taking that career and then trying to find a way in entertainment