They say a name like mine can hold you back in life, but I will never change it | Xaymaca Awoyungbo
An unusual name can have a detrimental impact on your life and finances – but in my experience, it also has advantages
Growing up, there was a wearying and familiar pattern for me on the first day of school, or whenever a substitute teacher took the register.
“Blake.”
Xaymaca Awoyungbo is a freelance football writer and film director
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