Teju Babyface needs no introduction when it comes to the business of comedy. The entertainer shot into limelight after starring in the Nollywood classic ‘Diamond Ring’, alongside Richard Mofe Damijo and Liz Benson.
Teju who is currently focused on youth empowerment via his Teju Babyface Mentorship Academy recently revealed what his dad shared with him before his death.
According to him: “My father said something like that to me, and that was a few years before he died. He said to me: ‘I wished you were more proactive, the opportunities your generation has; if I could go back in time, if I had a time machine I could be 40 now or even 50, you will see how a masquerade dances in its prime, meaning you will see how a man in his prime, how talent in its prime exhibits itself. You have so much opportunity, you have the energy of a young man that would do so much; you have the Internet, the phone, the connectivity’.
“At that time, I was 31 years old; I’m 38 now, so that was seven years ago. I will lean or stand on what my father said and go a bit further… I mean seven years ago we didn’t have Instagram and the other entire sort of things, things have progressed at a speedier rate in the days in which we live, so the opportunities that we have are awesome. It is instructive to note and point out that we will look back in another seven years and consider that we have moved much further ahead than we ever thought possible” he said in a recent interview with The Sun.
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