Coming to America: Olivier Mbaigoto makes transition from native country Chad

Most students face some sort of homesickness when getting to Mount Pleasant, but for Olivier Mbaigoto it is extremely different. He is more than 6,000 miles away from his family and friends back in his hometown country of Chad. The 6-foot-7 junior left his old life behind to play basketball in America but says he talks to his loved ones back home “very often.” He now is a starting forward for the Central Michigan basketball team. “The way people live down there (Chad) is a little different than in the U.S.,” Mbaigoto said. Mbaigoto said he misses his family more and more each day. Mbaigoto moved to the United States in 2006 and moved in with a family in Virginia who he said helped him get where he is today.

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