Teejay was born in Lagos and later moved to the UK to study. In a new podcast episode, he speaks about belonging, identity, and what it means to grow up with albinism across two very different countries.
A single conversation can hold a lot of geography. Teejay was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and later moved to the United Kingdom to study — carrying with him the particular experience of being a Black person with albinism in two countries that see that identity very differently.
In a recent episode of the Albinism Life podcast, produced by the Albinism Fellowship UK, Teejay speaks about what childhood looked like in Lagos: the visibility, the comments, the way albinism shaped how others related to him before he had said a word. He describes it plainly, without performance.
The conversation then moves to the UK. Arriving in a new country involves a particular kind of renegotiation — of how you present yourself, how others read you, and where you find community. Teejay reflects on that adjustment with a steadiness that comes through in the recording.
What the episode holds, beyond the biographical detail, is a clear-eyed sense of purpose. Teejay speaks about wanting to make a difference — not as a vague aspiration, but as something he is actively building toward. The Albinism Fellowship UK describes the conversation as warm and thoughtful, centred on belonging, big dreams, and the belief that one person can shift something real.
The Albinism Life podcast has become a consistent space for voices from across the global albinism community. This episode adds a perspective that is still underrepresented in that archive: the experience of growing up Black and with albinism in West Africa, and then navigating a second culture that brings its own set of assumptions.
Teejay's episode is available now through the Albinism Fellowship UK.
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