This acclaimed memoir tells the unforgettable story of a young boy's journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to Chicago, where his family survived on welfare. Mawi followed his father's advice to "treat people . . . as though they were angels sent from heaven," and realized his dream of a full-tuition scholarship to Harvard University.
Overcoming a childhood beset by civil war in East Africa, a refugee camp in Sudan and living on welfare in an affluent Chicago suburb, Mawi Asgedom grew up to deliver the commencement address at the end of his full-scholarship Harvard education in 1999. Now he travels around the world sharing his experiences and insights with teenagers. This book ...
This memoirist survived early childhood in war-torn, poverty-stricken Ethiopia, emigrating at the age of 7 with his family to the suburbs of Chicago with help from World Relief. Here he offers insight on growing up in America as an Ethiopian in a time when the media was barraged with harrowing images of his homeland. Asgedom finally attended ...
Mawi Asgedom survived civil war in East Africa and life in a refugee camp in Sudan to end up living on welfare in Chicago, before winning a full scholarship to Harvard. In this book he shares the important lessons he has learned, which form the basis of his talks to teenagers around the world.
Overcoming a childhood beset by civil war in East Africa and living on welfare in Chicago, the author grew up to attend Harvard on scholarship. Asgedom shares his experiences, insights, and the important lessons he has learned.
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