Adekunle Gold – “I Still Get Crises”

Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold don open mouth say e still dey battle sickle cell crises. For one recent interview with Nandoleaks, di 38-year-old singer talk how e don dey live with di disease since e small, and say e don dey take medicine all di time. E yarn, “I still have crises,” and recall say e first sabi about sickle cell na when e dey small and dey always fall sick, e joints dey pain, e legs, sometimes e belle. One night wey e papa no dey house, im mama carry am waka long distance go hospital, na there doctor talk say e get sickle cell and say e go dey take folic acid and B complex all e life.

Adekunle Gold still talk say make people sabi dia genotype before marriage, so say more pikin no go suffer like him. E yarn, “Where sickle cell dey plenty na my country, Nigeria. E dey happen when SS match SS. Na why e dey important to sabi your genotype, so you no go bring pikin wey go suffer enter world.” Despite di wahala and pain, Adekunle Gold talk say e don learn how to take care of himself as adult. E add, “I still get crises small small, but no reach as e dey when I dey child. Maybe na because I don sabi how to manage myself well. I dey grateful to God say I get resources to fit do that.”