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I have some really great memories, but I also remember really wrestling with my identity and my blackness.

— Nicole Amarteifio

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You can’t study at Brandeis and not get inspired by the fight for justice.

To solve the problem, all you have to do is blow up the continent of Africa.

Started to guide me into what I had to do.

Whenever I turned on the TV, or opened a newspaper, or turned on the radio, if Africa was mentioned, it was very negative.

I applied, was accepted and began classes a few months later.

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