I’m Mohamed Harding, an 18 year-old student from Sierra Leone. At the time that I have spent here, I consider the experiences so far to be a life changing one. The entrepreneurial and leadership curriculum has enabled me to learn a lot about myself and the ways in...
I am Abdoul Aziz Sandotin Coulibaly, a 17 year-old student from Cote D’Ivoire. For the few months that I have spent in this school, I knew many things that I could not know about. First of all I discovered a lot of potentiality in my and some skills with the...
My name is Thapelo Sebolai from South Africa. I was born on 2nd December 1997, so at the time of writing this, I am exactly 17 years and one day old. I come from a family of four; it is only me, my older sister, my mother and my father. I attended Weltevreden Park...
I’m Deborah Alongi Kalala, an 18 year-old from DR Congo. In the course of this term, I developed several aspects of my personality, especially, my abilities to express myself in English. This has helped me engage more in class and be more effective in...
A young South African passionate about the sciences, writes this letter to you from the African Leadership Academy. I am Sisipho Zinja, from the Western Cape in South Africa, and I am 16 years old. I have only been at the Academy for three months and I have learnt so...
I never knew that attending the African Leadership Academy would be as invigorating or life changing as it has been. In a space of three months my opinions and values have been reshaped, learning to accept and freely learn from others. Being an only child, I came from...