From a young age, Yves Kini has been passionate about physics. But growing up in Burkina Faso in West Africa, he was a more than 600-mile drive from the nearest fundamental physics program at the University of Ghana. He learned from books and documentaries instead. But attending the African School of Fundamental Physics and Applications in Namibia in 2018, he discovered a different world, meeting role models and peers who shared his interests.
“You see people actually like you who actually like what you’re doing. It’s like heaven, man.”
Full article can be found in Symmetry Magazine.
