A Tea Party With Stories From Africa

Zhou Ziqi

Melton Fellow Zhou Ziqi is passionate about Intercultural communication. After the Global Citizenship Conference 2017 in Ghana she realized that there are many African students at her university in China, but she knew little about them and their countries. She was curious to hear the stories of her African fellow students at her university in China. Her experience of having travelled recently with the Melton Foundation to Ghana helped her to connect with the African students and start the conversation. She found 3 students willing to share their stories with a wider audience.

Ziqi organized a tea party at the university cafeteria. Local students learned directly from their fellow students about the different African realities. This made them rethink their image on Africa and broadened their minds.