In this first part, Augusta Atinuke Irele (Nigeria), Africana Studies PhD candidate at the prestigious University Of Pennsylvania, tells us about her childhood: an African family in mostly non-African and non-black communities, her profound link with the continent from a very young age through languages and music, and the place of literature in her life. Get to know the joys and struggles she went through before being accepted as a PhD candidate at UPenn.
Find out more about Augusta at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/augustairele/
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