The couple humorously recalled thanking God they didn’t have a dog (since they were both black and Irish). |
Chinyere (Chi-chi) Adah Nwanoku, was born in Fulham, London, in 1956 to Michael Nwanoku and the former Margaret Ivey. Her parents had met at a chance encounter at a dance in London, in 1955 and were inseparable from then on and they got married shortly afterwards. The young couple faced prejudice on account of their Interracial relationship at the time, recalling a period in Britain, where signs on Houses, advertising lodging vacancies, would boldly state, “No blacks, no dogs, no Irish”. The couple humorously recalled thanking God they didn’t have a dog (since they were both black and Irish).
Ed Keazor, “Chi-chi Nwanoku: A classical legacy and an African heritage,” Music Africa Magazine, June 16, 2016. http://musicinafrica.net/chi-chi-nwanoku-classical-legacy-and-african-heritage.
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