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Life as an International Student: Between Two Worlds

Nobody warns you that becoming an international student means becoming a stranger to yourself first — your assumptions, your habits, your comfortable way of making sense of things, all quietly dismantled before the real education begins.

Ebrima Jatta

Electrical Engineering Student, University Muhammadiyah Malang

April 2026 · 7 min read

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Politics / Campus

Camp Politics Should Be Banned at the University of The Gambia

Camp politics fosters division, undermines meritocracy, and threatens the integrity of leadership development. It is time to reform student politics — not by silencing voices, but by dismantling toxic allegiances.

Alfusainey Jaiteh

Student, University of The Gambia

April 2026 · 5 min read

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Children in a multilingual African classroom

Education / Language

Teach Me In My Language, But Which One Exactly?

In Africa, nothing about language is ever just about language. Language is identity, politics, and belonging. What happens when we try to teach children in their mother tongue – but which one?

Assan Faal

Founder, Life of a Student · Information Systems, University of The Gambia

April 2026 · 10 min read

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Politics/Campus

Camp Politics Should Be Banned at the University of The Gambia

By Alfusainey Jaiteh·April 29, 2026·5 min read

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Inspiring Educators

Anne Sullivan (1866–1936) 🇺🇸

American teacher, instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller

Cheikh Anta Diop (1923–1986) 🇸🇳

Senegalese historian & anthropologist

Maria Montessori (1870–1952) 🇮🇹

Italian physician & educator; pioneer of child-centered learning

Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) 🇺🇸

American civil rights activist

Savitribai Phule (1831–1897) 🇮🇳

Indian educator, social reformer, and poet

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999) 🇹🇿

Tanzanian educator, nationalist leader & statesman

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) 🇩🇪

German-born theoretical physicist

John Dewey (1859–1952) 🇺🇸

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer

Jules Ferry (1832–1893) 🇫🇷

French statesman and republican philosopher; introduced free, compulsory, secular education

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Life as an International Student: Between Two Worlds

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Life as an International Student: Between Two Worlds

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