A first-generation ode to African heritage
BOITUMELO RANTAO NEWLY drafted National Football League (NFL) player Odafe Jayson Oweh paid homage to his Nigerian roots on the biggest night of his budding career. Oweh joined the Baltimore Ravens, picked 31st in the first round of the NFL draft, to the American NFL. Promptly, via virtual news conference, Oweh announced that he would no longer use his middle name Jayson - which many believed to be his first name - and would give the nod to his first name Odafe. “Jayson is my middle name. My first name is Odafe,” said Oweh on draft night, “People were having…