When I was 12 years old, I was really passionate about freedom fighters such as Malcom X, Martin Luther, Gandhi, Mother Theresa and others. I was reading their biography and trying to learn as much as possible from their lives. My mother would bring me to the bookstore once a week to purchase a book that I could choose, One day, there was an autobiography of Nelson Mandela. It's funny to me now since I have probably read 3 of his biographies so far. When I read his story, I was shocked because his culture is so similar to mine even though South Africa and Burkina Faso are countries that are…