Ngozi Fulani’s real name is exactly what she says it is

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Lady Susan Hussey asked Ms Ngozi where she was “really” from People dug through her family history craving controversy, while idle individuals trawled through charity documents looking for dirt. Idiots accused her of cultural appropriation because she’s of Caribbean heritage and chose to adopt an African name: Ngozi Fulani. Pascoe St Leger Grenfell, Lady Hussey’s own relative, was one such slaver involved in the barbaric practice of enslaving Black people in Jamaica, where some of Ngozi’s family members hail from. So, like Ngozi told Lady Hussey, “they” didn’t leave any records relating to her relatives’ addresses in Africa, and it isn’t as simple as “you must know where you’re from”.