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Derek Fordjour

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What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

I'm like, yeah, we're all African booty scratchers. What do you mean? No, it's true.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

I'm like, yeah, we're all African booty scratchers. What do you mean? No, it's true.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

This was the full sentence. My son was called the same thing. No, you're lying. I was shocked. I'm telling you. This is now. Now. I was like, what? I was like, I thought he was spoofing me. It's like, no, it's a thing. Well, it's a funny thing because- Okay, wait, wait.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

This was the full sentence. My son was called the same thing. No, you're lying. I was shocked. I'm telling you. This is now. Now. I was like, what? I was like, I thought he was spoofing me. It's like, no, it's a thing. Well, it's a funny thing because- Okay, wait, wait.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

So I'll give you even more drama for your movie idea. Let's do it. My dad- really just wanted to be a doctor. And the entire village helped conspire to get him to America to become a doctor. So he tells a story, I have no idea how true any of this is, of like leaving the village with a bag of money

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

So I'll give you even more drama for your movie idea. Let's do it. My dad- really just wanted to be a doctor. And the entire village helped conspire to get him to America to become a doctor. So he tells a story, I have no idea how true any of this is, of like leaving the village with a bag of money

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

that everybody pitched in to give him on his journey away so he literally was like saving the entire he was going to be a doctor wow that was the deal and then my mother left at 16. so this is like a village village then yeah well my dad was from Kumasi which is like another it's like a second city yeah yeah after Accra have you been to Ghana I've never been to Ghana what you're gonna take me Trevor

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

that everybody pitched in to give him on his journey away so he literally was like saving the entire he was going to be a doctor wow that was the deal and then my mother left at 16. so this is like a village village then yeah well my dad was from Kumasi which is like another it's like a second city yeah yeah after Accra have you been to Ghana I've never been to Ghana what you're gonna take me Trevor

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

It's true. Okay. So you want to hang differently. Yeah. And we struggle with this too, because unfortunately my brothers and I don't speak the language, which is, I mean, language is the, is the, it's the, it's the pass key. No, it is the thing. It's the thing. So we don't have that. And even though we're English speaking because of the British. Yes. It's still different.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

It's true. Okay. So you want to hang differently. Yeah. And we struggle with this too, because unfortunately my brothers and I don't speak the language, which is, I mean, language is the, is the, it's the, it's the pass key. No, it is the thing. It's the thing. So we don't have that. And even though we're English speaking because of the British. Yes. It's still different.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

So when I go without my parents. it feels really different. There's like a piece of Ghana that you're locked out of. A little bit. It's like you approach the groups while everybody's speaking three and they change to English because it's polite to do. They want you to hear, but you're still like- It's not the same. It's not the same.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

So when I go without my parents. it feels really different. There's like a piece of Ghana that you're locked out of. A little bit. It's like you approach the groups while everybody's speaking three and they change to English because it's polite to do. They want you to hear, but you're still like- It's not the same. It's not the same.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

Because you can't handle the spice. Look, there is that of all the places, I mean, Ghana is the most welcoming to English speakers, to people returning home, yearning for culture. It's the best place. Isn't it getting overrun by Americans now, though? Stop saying that. I asked a question. Overrun?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

Because you can't handle the spice. Look, there is that of all the places, I mean, Ghana is the most welcoming to English speakers, to people returning home, yearning for culture. It's the best place. Isn't it getting overrun by Americans now, though? Stop saying that. I asked a question. Overrun?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

No, you know why I say that?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

No, you know why I say that?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

There's a question mark at the end of it. No, I won't say that. The kid that was called African Booty Scratcher needs all of those kids that called him that to return. So there's no overrun. We need more to go back. So you're saying no, it's not? I'm saying no. Okay. Okay. I'm saying no. I've heard a lot of stories. I'm saying no, but I also know what you're saying.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

There's a question mark at the end of it. No, I won't say that. The kid that was called African Booty Scratcher needs all of those kids that called him that to return. So there's no overrun. We need more to go back. So you're saying no, it's not? I'm saying no. Okay. Okay. I'm saying no. I've heard a lot of stories. I'm saying no, but I also know what you're saying.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

Like, I'm saying one thing with my eyes and another with my mouth. Right? We could do this. Right?

What Now? with Trevor Noah
Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

Like, I'm saying one thing with my eyes and another with my mouth. Right? We could do this. Right?