Banky W Tells Never Before Told Story of Who 'Yes/No' Teacher Actually Is

You know how some times you can just watch something like a music video a hundred times over, then later find out something new about it that makes you look at it in a new way, that is what has happened to me after hearing the story of the man who appears as the teacher in Banky W's famous 'Yes/No' video.

During the opening sequence when the young lovers are making exchanges at each other, a teacher enters into the class. Upon watching it, we all thought it was just some extra that was hired to act the role of the teacher. In actuality, this man is a very important man in Banky's life and during his appearance on the #BlackBoxInterview, Banky told the very wholesome story of who the man actually is. Here's what Banky said.

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Speaking to Ebuka on #BlackBoxInterview about who the man is, Banky W said:

I can trace almost everything I'm doing now back to when I was a kid. One thing I remember was first day of secondary school, JSS 1, we get to school and the teacher gives a creative writing assignment. Go home, here's a topic, write a creative story around this topic. So I go home and I work on the assignment and I bring it back the next day. The teacher goes and grades everything, then he calls me to the side and says "Look, I know you want to make an impression and this is your first homework in secondary school, but I want you to tell me who wrote this for you." He could not believe that a 12 year old could come up with that story. I said "I wrote it myself" and he said "No. I'm going to give you a chance to go home, think about it. Honesty is important", giving me all these threats. So of course I'm 12 years old or however old at the time, I go home upset, almost in tears because my teacher doesn't believe that I did my homework.

So I didn't even know this but my mom drops me off in school the next day and she goes and asks for this teacher, Mr. Oke, and she says "I heard from my son that you don't believe he wrote his work. Listen, my son is actually very creative. He writes, he sings, he acts. It's one thing or another with him. If you don't believe that he did it, call him again, let him write another thing in your presence." So that day, Mr. Oke calls me to the teachers' lounge during lunch and he says "Okay, that was a nice story. Here's another topic, write another story." Guess what? The story I now wrote was now better than the one he didn't believe I had all night to write. So at that point, it was clear to my mum, it was clear to my teacher that this kid's a creative kid. And God bless (Mr. Oke), I'm still in touch with him. I try to give him a financial gift every year because he became so intentional about "okay, this is coming up. Are you going to sing? Are you going to act?" He just knew that I was meant for something more and he made sure that he was intentional for the rest of my time in secondary school. Home science was where I really had that outlet to express that creativity.

The ironic thing is that years later, when I was doing the Yes/No video, there's a scene in the beginning of the video where there's this young love story. The teacher in that scene is my teacher. So I went back to home science to shoot that scene. That is Mr. Oke.

What a wholesome story. It's so good to hear that Banky still appreciates this man till today and even featured him in a music video. It just goes to show the amount of impact teachers and guardians have on growing children and the good that can come when an adult believes in and pushes a young child towards his dreams. What a wonderful story!

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