I Came, I Saw Cardi B and I Conquered #YALI2019
It must have been the first week when one of my favourite programme assistants let it slip during orientation that Cardi B was coming to…
My #YALI2019 Alpha Familia
Before we had secured the American visas, the program admin at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln called us for short conversations about our expectations, interests and…
I Was Gonna Be the ‘Valedictorian’
I was back like I never left. Woke up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. The sun was shining brighter than ever. The birds were chirping melodiously….
We Need Women Who Are Wild, Wild, Wild
Pulitzer Prize winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote “well-behaved women seldom make history” in a 1976 and when I saw it I just thought well…
#YALI2019 Two Days Later…I Crashed
Yep. It was only 48 hours since I had landed in the land of the free and I crashed. https://giphy.com/gifs/drunk-tired-sleep-7IrtGOyJy3I9W We were approaching the end…
The First #YALI2019 Interview and it Wasn’t the Last
I got into the interview room and the panelists introduced themselves. I could only recognise two. They say it’s important to catch their names so…
How I Nearly Missed My #YALI2019 Interview
I had made it to the interview stage! WhatsApp’d my mentor the good news. But now, I had to prepare for the interview. I researched…
I Got Rejected for the Mandela Washington Fellowship
The Young African Leaders Initiative was founded in 2014 and a couple of people that I knew and admired had been a part of…