Author: Alexandra Samokhvalova.

For the first time in history of the International Malay Language Speech Competition, the most prominent Malaysian speech contest, an African student Abdalla Hassan Ghorib won the first prize in the “International” category. With his speech on the topic of nation unity he managed to beat his two opponents in the final round in Kuala Lumpur on 25 March, 2016. Will this victory mark the new trend of, this time somewhat positive, media publicity for Africans in Malaysia and in the long run maybe “wash away” the bad image of African students?