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After I finished primary school,
my father married a rich woman from Britain
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who spent her time
between the UK and Sierra Leone.
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This led to my father moving
to the UK to be with her,
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It was her who told my father
to bring me over as well, since I was deaf.
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She said that I would get a better education
and life prospects here in the UK.
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My father respected her wish
and I came over to live here.
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As a result I'm fully settled here in Britain
and use full BSL now.
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That's how it went.
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I was 13 at the time of moving here...
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From a deaf school...
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No, sorry, I went to a hearing school
until I was 8
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until I became deaf
from meningitis.
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I then went to deaf school
until I was 13.
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That was the end of primary education,
so I needed a secondary school.
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There are not many options in Africa,
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and the mainstream schools
were not accessible.
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So the education here in Britain
is much better,
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which is why my father’s wife
told him to bring me over here.
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So I moved here at 13,
and went to Oak Lodge deaf school.
