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How To Email Your Professor About Getting A Better Grade
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Category: Editor’s Choice
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UNSUNG HEROES: Five Reasons Why Kenyans Who Host Diversity Immigrant Visa (Green Card) Winners are Unsung Heroes.
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It is that time of the year when most of us Kenyans living in the United States and in Canada are reminded of the vast differences between our adoptive countries and our biological one. The trees are changing from summer green to vibrant yellow, orange and burgundy colors that signal the change of season from hot, bikini and short shorts to chilly, boots and scarves. Stores and neighborhood are filled with scary skeletony spookiness, while pumpkin spiced latte is the go to drink for Starbucks snobs.
Books: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Why Every Kenyan Abroad Needs to Read Americanah By Chimamanda There’s no book more deserving to be the Editor’s Pick for our first issue of African Vines® magazine than Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche’s Americanah. I chose this book because of the way it addresses the issue of culture shock especially for an African. It doesn’t matter how long you have been in the United States or … Continue reading Books: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche
Raw Talent: We Need To Give Talented Kenyans Gigs
Anyone who has been through the Kenyan education and professional system is familiar with how extremely challenging it is to get a job — either as a university/college student or as a university/college graduate. There has been a growing number of jobless university graduates in Kenya in the past two decades and there’s no sign of that situation changing anytime soon. Almost all Kenyans know … Continue reading Raw Talent: We Need To Give Talented Kenyans Gigs
