<p>Hey am an international student from Kenya and am wondering what the international community(African possibly) at Swarthmore is like?Is it big?</p>
<p>With 1500 students, there are no big communities at Swarthmore. There are currently 111 students with itnernational addresses and 180 international and US dual-citizenship students.</p>
<p>Here are links to PDF tables of both categories, by country:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/geogcountries.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/geogcountries.pdf</a>
<a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/citznations.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/ir/citznations.pdf</a></p>
<p>Swarthmore has had some prominent students from Africa. Stephanie Nyombayire (Class of 2008) is a high profile leader in the Darfhur issue, having spoken at a rally in Washington, travelled to Africa for an MTv documentary, and been recognized by the Clinton Global Initiative. Here’s her wiki page:</p>
<p>[Stephanie</a> Nyombayire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Nyombayire]Stephanie”>Stephanie Nyombayire - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Patrick Awuah (Class of 1989) made a killing at Microsoft and then returned to his native Ghana to found the first liberal arts college there. Here is video of a very powerful speech he gave on leadership in Africa with quite a bit about his Swarthmore experience:</p>
<p>[Swarthmore</a> College Video Blog Archive Patrick Awuah ‘89 on Leadership in Africa](<a href=“Featured Videos :: News & Events :: Swarthmore College”>Patrick Awuah '89 on Leadership in Africa :: News & Events :: Swarthmore College)</p>
<p>Swarthmore has study abroad programs in Ghana and some strong connections.</p>
<p>Oh thanks, this is qiute helpful actually!</p>
<p>What is up with the “Unknown” category in that list? There are people from unknown origins going to Swarthmore?</p>