Nigerian doctor recalls racism she encountered as a child in Russia, saying, “I was called a monkey by some children.”

Nigerian doctor recalls racism she encountered as a child in Russia, saying, “I was called a monkey by some children.”

Obianma Onya, a Nigerian physician, has talked about her horrific early encounters with racism while residing in Russia, which was then a part of the USSR.   Obianma, a mother of three doctors, revealed that when she was five years old, her parents relocated to Moscow. She remembered times when she was nicknamed a monkey by other kids due to her appearance. She claims that after every event, she went home crying until her mother told her that be…