They found their Abishola in Nigerian actor Folake Olowofoyeku. She’s got to be a dark-skinned, Nigerian woman who looks the part and speaks the language.”įolake Olowofoyeku (left) plays Abishola, a Nigerian immigrant nurse, alongside American actor Billy Gardell as Bob. “We’re not going to adhere to the normal Hollywood parameters of what a beautiful Black woman is going to be. “When we were looking to start casting the show I said If we’re going to make this show it has to be authentic,” she recalls. It’s the first time a show that delves into Nigerian culture and Nigerian-American relations, albeit in a comedic way, has aired on US network television.īritish-Nigerian comedian Gina Yashere, who co-created the show with veteran sitcom producer Chuck Lorre and others, says finding the right person to play the lead role of Abishola was crucial to the show’s success. That’s the plot of CBS sitcom “ Bob Hearts Abishola,” which is wrapping up its second season and has already been renewed for a third. But what if the woman being pursued was a Nigerian immigrant nurse, who is also a single mother living with her very traditional Nigerian aunt and uncle in Detroit, Michigan? It’s a storyline played out many times on American television shows. A man aims to win over a woman who initially rejects him, but over time she warms up to him and they fall in love.
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