In many parts of the world—especially countries with colonial histories—higher education often carries a peculiar kind of prestige when stamped with names like Oxford, Cambridge, or Harvard. For someone with Jamaican heritage, born or raised in places like the UK, it’s easy to recognize the magnetic pull these institutions hold over aspiring minds from the Global South. Whether in "Jamdown" or Ghana, Trinidad or Kenya, it is often assumed that true credibility, real authority, and genuine opportunity spring from these centuries-old British and American establishments. But the question remains: at what cost? And perhaps more urgently: how can we begin to see the value in what we already possess?
