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Introduction
It has been well established in the literature that African American men experience earlier onset of disease, more severe disease, higher rates of complications, and very limited access to medical care than European American men (Enyia, Watkins, & Williams, 2014; LaVeist, 2011; Metzl, 2013; National Academies Institute of Medicine, 2009; Powell, Griffith, Blume, & Thorpe, 2016; Thorpe et al., 2015). Specifically, African American men have greater odds for coronary artery disease, hypertension, stroke, cancer, and diabetes and other comorbidities (Bernard et al., 2017; US Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 2002; Washington, 2008; R. A. Williams, n.d.).
Born in Delnor Hospital in St. Charles, Illinois, I was blessed to grow up in a two-parent household. I came from humble beginnings. My parents emigrated from Nigeria to pursue higher education after the Biafran War ended in 1970. The conflict was between the nation of Nigeria and the secessionist state of Biafra, which was made up of largely of the Igbo people, the ethnic group into which I was born.