Not Guilty

My Nigerian middle name is Erutase, which means 'Not Guilty' My mother decided to name me this to prove to her in-laws that she was capable of bearing children, with me being the first daughter born after my older brother. To my mother, it meant a great deal to prove her critics wrong. As I came into my own, that notion is definitely something I can relate to. But, at the same time, my middle name...