She Wanted to See Her Grandmother Again
“It was a very daring move, to say the least,” Sesay told VOA. She wanted to go back home for plenty of reasons. Most importantly, she wanted to reunite with her grandmother, and she wanted her 5-year-old daughter, Maya Hughes, to meet her too. “The trip was solely to take her back to learn of my heritage and my background,” she explained. At that moment, Sesay wasn’t sure if they’d ever return back to the United States. But things soon changed in the blink of an eye.