American Hollywood actress and socialite, Kerry Washington decided to go the other way by greeting her fans, Happy New year In Igbo Language,a dialect in Nigeria.
Kerry Washington who is known for her roles in the ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which Washington plays Olivia Pope
She has also featured in several movies including Ray Charles's wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (2004), as Idi Amin's wife Kay in The Last King of Scotland (2006), as Alicia Masters, love interest of Ben Grimm/The Thing in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007, and as Broomhilda von Schaft, Django's wife, in Quentin Tarantino's film Django Unchained (2012). She has also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films Our Song (2000), The Dead Girl (2006), and Night Catches Us (2010).
Before I forget, she is also married to a Nigerian, Nnamdi Asomugha and who knows, that is where she learnt how to speak Igbo very well
Her Nigerians fans were so excited to read her tweet in their native language. See below her Nigerians fans response to her action on popular Social Media Site Facebook
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 Kerry Washington and Her Nigerian Born Husband , Nnamdi Asomugha |
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Why must we celebrate because she tweeted in Igbo language, if not inferiority complex??????
ReplyDeleteU must be stupid 4 this stupid comment u made. That's y people like u die young. I bet u dnt ve a tv in ur house let alone DVD. Plz google is ur frd sinceeee 1813. Use ur smart phone 4 once and do a smart thing by "googlin"g her name. Than u will understand the Pride and sweetness of reaing Igbo on her page. Metchewww....#am out!
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Deletehehehehhehhe ezigbo anu ofia.......cos of this i will follow her on twitter, i see alot of Igbo kids here in US nd they can't speak their language nd Kerry doing this is very sweet,it will encourage alot of them to take pride in their language
Deletewe celebrate cos the language is spreading to foreign lands.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous, u don see nwii dis new yr. Next tym, weigh ur words b4 touching ur keypad
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