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Will Smith surprised a student, Mamadou, who cycled across seven countries to attend university.Source: Will Smith
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00:00 - Yo!
00:01 Mamadou!
00:03 - Yeah, hello.
00:04 - What is happening, man?
00:06 - This is Will Smith.
00:08 (laughing)
00:10 A lot of your films I know.
00:11 - Well, thank you, man.
00:12 Thank you, thank you.
00:13 - Thank you, nice to meet you.
00:15 Because they didn't tell me it's you.
00:18 (laughing)
00:20 - Listen, this is such an absolute pleasure for me
00:27 to talk to you and to share your story.
00:32 You essentially rode your bike
00:35 across the entire northern part of Africa.
00:41 For Americans, that's like from New York to Los Angeles.
00:46 Where did you get the idea that you were gonna just hop
00:49 on your bike and ride all the way to Egypt
00:53 to go to a school that you weren't accepted in at the time?
00:58 - So I wanted to make my family happy for me.
01:02 So I try this.
01:04 I say, "Go, go in Egypt."
01:06 Since 2022, I'm seeking the ticket money to come by flight.
01:12 But I say, "No problem.
01:14 "You are going to try also.
01:16 "Let's try.
01:17 "Don't stay like this."
01:19 So I say, "Why not?
01:21 "If you take a bicycle, you take the road,
01:24 "maybe God will help you."
01:25 You are only using your energy to go.
01:28 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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