Carrying my country's flag at the London Olympics has been the highlight of my running career so far. I loved dressing up in our traditional clothes. I got to hang out with people from all over the world, not just other athletes from Burundi, although that was the best part. It was a great night and there is nothing better than showing off your country, especially through international sports and culture
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Born in south of France, from an Ivorian-Senegalese father and an Algerian mother, Jessi M’bengue is a successful super model who has risen through the ranks and into the sacred circle of in-demand international super models. She is the African beauty in the 2013 mega hit song: Blurred lines with Robin Thicke, T.I and Pharrell Williams.
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More often than not, every successful story has a humble beginning and background. Abayi Longin Ogutu was born on the 1st of October 1987 in Rwanda to a middle class family. Rev.Dr.Francois and Mariana a retired accountant by profession. The second born of four, this bundle of joy was the first male of the Francois household. Due to the war that accumulated to the 1994 genocide, Dr. Francois whole family fled to Kenya for safety and Abayi has been there since.
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I started getting into modeling in 2009 then started acting professionally a year after. I was a second runner up at miss Teen Africa pageant in 2008…A year later, I was invited to be in a fashion show, gave it a go and everything else started happening after that. My advantage is that I’m not afraid to try new things.
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The estimate worldwide is that more than 130 million girls and women have undergone the procedure of FGM. The origins of female circumcision or FGM have been lost in antiquity, but the practice remains prevalent in East and West Africa, parts of the Arabian Peninsula, as well as among first-generation immigrants from these regions to Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United States.
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University is better than College.” Most students, especially African students, have heard that phrase being used at one time or another. Maybe it was a piece of advice from parents… or a comment made by peers. We have all heard it before, and many of us believed it. But is it a fact that university is better than college?
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