The year 2020 and 2021 have been years like no other in living memory. Everyone who lived through them will always remember the places they couldn’t go, things they couldn’t do, families they couldn’t see, loved ones they’ve lost, jobs lost, shattered dreams and opportunities that never came to fruition. For Light Juma, a Kenyan Journalist who travelled 10,000 miles from Nairobi, Kenya to Brighton, England to attend University in a year like no other, she summarized it as “an emotional rollercoaster that has left her unsure about her future”.

After eight years of failed attempts to make this border crossing of a lifetime that once offered the opportunity to gain new and innovative skills, practical knowledge and lifelong networks that would crystalize her career path, seven months later, Light find herself resigned to an uncertain future and has reached a startling conclusion about her life in retrospect. So, what has been light’s experience, and what conclusion has she reached about her future? Find out about studying in a pandemic, the story of Light on the Borderscapes podcast

By Jewel Atedou Bright