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Kenya 路 Nakuru County

Amani

Sample profile. Amani is 16, runs cross-country, and wants to be an engineer who builds bridges, the real kind.

My Perspective

I switch between three languages before lunch. Each one holds a different part of me, and none of them is the "real" one.

About Amani

From
Kenya 路 Nakuru County
Interests
  • Running
  • Robotics
  • Music
Languages
  • Swahili
  • English
  • Kikuyu
Themes

Stories with Amani

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    Video 路

    What Does Home Mean to Us?

    Six of us, in six countries, filmed the places and moments that feel like home. Then we compared notes.

    By Lucas, Amani, Masah, Priya, Hana and Noah

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    Interview 路

    The Word I Cannot Translate

    An interview about switching languages mid-sentence, and the words that only exist in one of them.

    By Amani and Noah

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    Audio 路

    Group Chat at Midnight

    An audio diary from a group chat that spans five time zones, so somebody is always awake.

    By Noah, Priya and Amani