Facing Life as the Girl from Nima
"I cannot believe that Black man won. Obama won, and I am so angry." These are amongst the first words Mariam heard as an African immigrant arriving to the home of her host family in the United States. Having won a scholarship to study in the USA, Mariam left Nima, Ghana, as a high school student with high hopes for her new life in the "land of freedom." But instead, she found herself welcomed by ...
"I cannot believe that Black man won. Obama won, and I am so angry." These are amongst the first words Mariam heard as an African immigrant arriving to the home of her host family in the United States. Having won a scholarship to study in the USA, Mariam left Nima, Ghana, as a high school student with high hopes for her new life in the "land of freedom." But instead, she found herself welcomed by ...
