Edafe Blackmon
Edafe Okurume (pronounced AY-dah-fay)is an American television actor.
Personal life
Edafe means "rich man" in the Urhobo language. Edafe's father, a Nigerian economist, his mother, an educator from Mississippi and his siblings moved from Washington D.C. to Lagos, Nigeria when he was a year old. At seven, Edafe's parents separated, bringing him to his mother's hometown of Meridian, Mississippi. His parents would later reconcile, moving the family back to Nigeria. Edafe returned to the United States for his last years of high school.
Career
After attending Morehouse College, Edafe moved to Los Angeles and began his career on A Different World after a chance meeting with Debbie Allen at a history parade at which she was grand marshal. Edafe went on to star in the situation comedy For Your Love for four seasons.