Benard continues the “Growing up African in America” series by bring Earwin’s Tapè and Leo Samba. They are two brothers whose parents are from the Ivory Coast. They share their stories growing up, navigating through college, the positive and negative of growing up in those environments, and so much more!

Time stamps:

(0:45) - intro

(2:41) - how we met and high school

(10:00) - college life

stories

(25:20) - how our upbringing in an African household molded us

(33:50) - are there negative effects with the way we grew up?

(44:28) - how are you view when you go home?

(50:50) - how the people in your native home view your life or

(53:45) - the great snow story

(59:15) - outro