He kept his head in the books, and made it to college — to Cornell University, where he met other Africans, who weren’t refugees, but wealthy international students. 
Alizingatia sana kwenye masomo hadi akafanikiwa kufika chuo-Chuo Kikuu cha Cornell, ambapo alikutana na Waafrika wengine ambao hawakuwa wakimbizi, lakini wanafunzi wa kutoka mataifa mengine.