Published November 14, 2011, 09:10 PM
WORTHINGTON — Twenty-three years ago, Leon Kouame was working in a factory repairing IBM typewriters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), in West Africa. It was at a time when computers were starting to take over, and Kouame realized if he wanted to make more money, he needed to learn to work on them.
From the Ivory Coast to Worthington
Côte d’Ivoire native shares struggles in pursuit of the American dreamWORTHINGTON — Twenty-three years ago, Leon Kouame was working in a factory repairing IBM typewriters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), in West Africa. It was at a time when computers were starting to take over, and Kouame realized if he wanted to make more money, he needed to learn to work on them.
By: Julie Buntjer, Worthington Daily Globe
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