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Renowned Nollywood actor, Chinedu Ikedieze, opens up about his deeply personal struggles growing up with a condition that subjected him to taunts, ridicule, and self-doubt.
Despite the odds stacked against him, his mother advised him to embrace education as his most powerful tool to navigate through life's challenges. In this heartfelt revelation, Ikedieze shares the painful but inspiring journey of overcoming societal judgment to carve out a name for himself in the entertainment industry.
Read on to discover how he turned his trials into triumphs and became a symbol of resilience and determination.
'I remember the doctor saying, ‘Madam, what he has is stunted growth.’ Then he wrote something on a report, and I saw another word: growth retardation. I didn’t even know how to pronounce it. That was when I started hearing those words over and over again. My mom always told me, ‘You are small; you cannot start carrying cement or doing furniture work. The best thing for you is to go and study.’
“So I knew that the only weapon I had to conquer the world was education. But it was painful. People tau.nted me. I cr.ied several times. They called me names. It got so bad that, at times, I thought of ending it all” – Chinedu Ikedieze, veteran Nollywood actor, shares struggles he faced after knowing about his condition while growing up
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