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Apr. 28, 2013

Bunmi O. Awoniyi

A UK exchange program led Bunmi Awoniyi to become the first state judge of Nigerian descent.

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Sacramento County (Sacramento)

By Paul Jones

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - African paintings featuring women dressed in myriad hues and a silver-colored figurine add character to the chambers of Bunmi O. Awoniyi, the first person of Nigerian descent to take the California bench. But her British accent betrays another part of her life's story.

The daughter of Nigerian immigrants to the U.K., Awoniyi was originally a barrister in England. She came to the United States as p... (continued)

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