Lupita Nyong'o, the daughter of Kenyan soil is making us proud out there. The Oscar award winner is always flying Kenya's flag up high. 

Lupita recently revealed how she was mistreated but that did not deter her from becoming the woman she wanted to.

"MY PARENTS SHIELDED US FROM A LOT. IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS FOR US TO KNOW THINGS BECAUSE THEN WE COULD BE A TARGET. SO THEY RAISED US WITH A SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE WERE UNDER HOUSE ARREST AND COULDN’T GO TO SCHOOL. I KNEW WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION THAN MY FRIENDS

EVEN WHEN THINGS WERE OUT OF SORTS, MY MOTHER RAN THE HOUSE LIKE ALWAYS. YOU WERE IN THAT BATHTUB AT 6; YOU WERE IN BED AT 7. I REMEMBER MY FATHER BEING GONE FOR LONG STRETCHES WHEN HE WAS DETAINED WITHOUT TRIAL. YOU CAN’T LET YOUR EMOTIONS GET THE BETTER OF YOU. AND IF YOU’RE ON A WINNING STREAK, THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK.

I USED TO BE TEASED AND TEASED. THEY CALLED ME BLACK MAMBA, AWFUL NAMES. YOU KNOW WHAT I GAINED? COMPLIMENTS NEVER GROW OLD. THEY’RE DELIGHTFUL EVERY TIME."