“I needed a picture of me getting the vaccine, to educate my community,” says Oyekoya, 38, a civil servant living in Swansea. “People were expecting me to have proof that I’d taken the vaccine.” Oyekoya returned to the vaccination centre a few hours later and this time was more insistent. As someone known in Swansea’s African community for his public health advocacy – Oyekoya is British-Nigerian – he knew his decision would carry a lot of weight. They would say, ‘How come Africa isn’t on its knees?’”Alfred Oyekoya and his wife, Nancy, with Simon Cowell and David Walliams. Cowell arranged for Oyekoya and his wife to return for the live final, with their sons.

Source: The Guardian July 04, 2022 12:28 UTC