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The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

A taste of home: Siblings bring Nigerian tea and culture to Hammond, start business

A taste of home: Siblings bring Nigerian tea and culture to Hammond, start business

Hannah Juneau, Staff Reporter March 2, 2021

When siblings Firdaws and Ruhullah Ashiru came to Hammond, La., they did not expect Americans to be obsessed with something so dear to their childhood.  In Nigeria, they drank hibiscus tea when they...

Senior center Aminat Jubril first arrived to America and played women's basketball at Pensacola State College. In her final year of eligibility Jubril chose to attend Southeastern.

Aminat Jubril: A journey from Lagos to Hammond

Maggie Tregre, Staff Reporter February 6, 2020

Not all student-athletes spend the entirety of their athletic careers at the same school. Some of them do not even spend it all in the same country. Aminat Jubril, a center for the women’s basketball...

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