When he first made the journey from Mali to Utah in 2019, Keita was just 16 years old. That trip, which he made on his own, marked the first time that he had been on an airplane. Then he arrived in a place where he was struggling with the language, at first communicating through Google Translate with his host family, who would eventually become his legal guardians. He had to learn how to live with fully integrated indoor plumping, running water and electricity. He learned how to cook on a stove rather than over an open flame. He learned how to eat with dishes and utensils regularly and then utilize the dishwasher. Meanwhile, as he was intensively studying English more and more, he was adjusting to a wildly different culture.
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