I always end up struggling to answer – I sometimes say that I’m from India, but I was denied citizenship status there; sometimes I say that I’m from Tibet, but when they ask me how Tibet is like, I really don’t know how to answer, because the Chinese embassy won’t even issue me a visa to go to Tibet.
Ara mi máa ń kótì láti dáhùn – Ìgbà mìíràn mà á pé India ni mo ti wá, ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò fún mi ní ìwé ìgbèlùú; nígbà mìíràn ẹ̀wẹ̀ mà á dáhùn pé Tibet ni mo ti wá, ṣùgbọ́n tí wọ́n bá béèrè pé báwo ni Tibet ṣe rí, n ò mọ bí n ó ṣe dáhùn-un rẹ̀, ìdí ni pé China ò fún mi ní ìwé ìgbèlùú lọ sí Tibet.