When asked, “What kind of childhood did you have?”Awele responds cheerfully. “I had a very happy childhood. I had a very protected childhood. I had a very soft childhood. I think you might say anything you want to say about my parents, but one thing I will always give them the accolades for is the kind of life they gave my siblings and me, both in terms of the schools we attended and the life they afforded us. “Saying this does not mean we went for summer holiday every summer, but if any of us told our parents they wanted a rolling school bag, my parents would get it for them. It never mattered what issues they had between them; they always put us first.” It is easy to imagine the beautiful memories of growing up she still holds on to as she speaks. Awele had what any Nigerian would agree was ‘a normal life.’