Surrey meets Africa

An insight into life at Surrey from current African students

The second semester is starting! How was the first?

Welcome to the peaceful and green accommodation of Hazel Farm, where my journey at the University of Surrey kicked off in style! Picture this: a week before the academic hustle and bustle began, the university and the student union provided a seamless housing and settling-in experience. the Student Union bus awaited us at the Senate […]


Nairobi to Manor Park: Part V

I desperately asked the gentleman if he had any way of contacting the driver and explained that I left something crucially important in the back of his car. He shook his head but, almost as if inspiring me not to lose faith, he told me that the driver’s brother had his own taxi parked a […]


Nairobi to Manor Park: Part IV

After I thanked the staff member for his help, I began walking in the direction he’d been gesturing towards, as I constructed some sort of plan to get the duffel back. I figured my best bet was going back to the train station in the hopes I’d find the driver there, but how do I […]


Nairobi to Manor Park: Part III

Okay no. Not really.  I didn’t spend two nights in an airport’s bus terminal. I was exhausted & wanted nothing more than to collapse into my new bed for the next year, so the tubes would have to do. If only I knew what they had in store for me — I’d have immediately sought […]


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