Read the story of the oldest man to ever enroll in aprimary school. Mzee Kimani Maruge from Kenya http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8202378.stm but he had fullfilled his dream of studying.
The great-grandfather held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to start primary school, at the age of 84.
To you Mzee, to me you proved that it’s never too late to salvage a dream. And your willing to persevere studying with kids who are your great grandfather leaves many of us in Africa to rethink education.
May the lord see it that u rest in the well deserved place for your search for knowledge was for a good cause (Kimani wanted to learn how to read the Bible for himself)
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editor, public speaker, feminist writer, award-winning blogger and socio-political analyst. Words seen in international media like The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Quartz and Mundo Negro. Expertise in new media, social justice, migration, gender, peace and security issues. Was honored with the 2018 Anna Guèye Award for her work on digital democracy, justice and equality by Africtivistes. The World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders under the age of 40.
I studied Mass Communication at Makerere University, short courses on Non-violent conflict at Tufts University, Global Leadership and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and MA in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies from the University for Peace. Outside Uganda, I have lived in Costa Rica, Switzerland and a bit in Ethiopia.
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