Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T.

Whenever someone from a disparaged background does well in the educational field it lands a blow on the higher education system. They tell people that you NEED to take X years of school in order to become smart.. when in truth, those who seek knowledge will be able to, using any means (like that african kid who built devices using trash, or people who spend their days in the library who end up learning more than the people who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars listening to an old stiff tell them how to write an essay)

Most of our greatest inventors, musicians, writers and artists were all SELF TAUGHT

I hope more youth realize that they hold the key to knowledge in their hands and that they don't need to rely on others to shape their destinies

15-Year-Old Kelvin Doe is an engineering whiz living in Sierra Leone who scours the trash bins for spare parts, which he uses to build batteries, generators and transmitters. Completely self-taught, Kelvin has created his own radio station where he broadcasts news and plays music under the moniker, DJ Focus.


You can do much with so little.

What an amazing child he is.

While most kids in the USA can't even add and subtract after graduating high school, this kid is building things out of garbage with little to no education.

And, not just things for himself, things to help his community. He's not only brilliant, but has a heart of gold, you can see it.

The world needs more humans like this boy. Beautiful story OP, thanks for sharing it.

why is african in the title, why not just teen? o thats right, everyone has something they want to prove.