Richard Ayoade is of mixed race. His parents are Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade and Dagny Amalie (Baassuik). Ayoade’s father, Layide, is Nigerian and his mother is from Norway.. Richard Ellef Ayoade was born in Hammersmith, and grew up in Suffolk, in England, the son of a Norwegian mother, Dagny Amalie (Bosvik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade.
Richard Ayoade Parents
Ayoade’s parents helped him to stay humble and grateful. They did so by gifting him a mixed heritage. Both his parents were immigrants who moved to England. His father Layide.