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HIBT Lab! Yolélé: Pierre Thiam
How I Built This with Guy Raz
I Was a Student in Dakar, Ohio, and I Stayed in New York
In 1989, you decided to go to the United States to continue your studies in Dakar. But there was a nationwide student strike and you ended up getting a visa to the U.S. You were supposed to study in Ohio, right? Uh-huh, in Cleveland,. I came here in 1989, and I knew a friend who lived in New York. And three days after I arrived, I got robbed, and I lost every single penny that I had. That was... What? You got three days after he arrived in New York in 1989, you were robbed? Three days.
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