The King of comedy is not the type to forget good deeds especially those he recieved when he had nothing and was just a young graduate.
One of such kind gestures came from a woman he identified simply as Mama boli and he is taking time to praise her on Instagram 30 years after.
He wrote:
#MamaBoli... angel on earth. In 1990... when the comedy space was full of void and devoid of hope, I frequented the #USIS library and #BritishCouncil library.
#USIS became a more resourceful place to build my comedy career. Thanks to #AuntieMarie, who was intrigued by how regular I was in the library. And she made sure I was issued a library card few days later.
The humour, I found in many books at the #BritishCouncil were rather too French for me.
Anyway, this post is not about the two libraries. It's about the wonderful woman, in this picture... #MamaBoli. Never got to know her name. Called her Mama for over 30yrs now.
So, after being a bookworm, at #USIS, I would come to CMS and comb through all the second hand books in the area, all the way to Tinubu Square.
On arrival, I would book lunch with Mama. Lunch being, boli and groundnut. After like 2 weeks of the same order, Mama interrogated me.
She wanted to know what I do with the books and why liked books so much. I told her I just graduated and didnt want to go for NYSC... blah blah blah.
When I arrived the next day, she told the customers to wait and took me to one #iyaAmala. "Alhaja, Whenever this young man comes here, give him food and come collect the money from me."
This went for a very long time... before I decided to go serve in Abuja. That was my 0-1-0 location for a loooooong time.
And I remember sometimes, back then, she will give me cash or boli... _
I celebrate her today because for a long time, as often as I would go show her gratitude, she would make it look like she was undeserving.
So, please, whenever you see #MamaBoli selling boli, help me say "Thank you for Ali Baba". She didn't have to, but she did.
#angel#comedy#books#library
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