Genius Boy Becomes Youngest Black College Student In the State of Oklahoma at 12
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Genius Boy Becomes Youngest Black College Student In the State of Oklahoma at 12

  • A prodigy has made history as the youngest Black student to enroll in college in the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America
  • Elijah Muhammad enrolled in three classes as part of his major, which is Cyber Security at the establishment
  • The tween's sister, Shania, also became the youngest person to enroll at OCCC at 13 years old and was also the youngest to graduate at 14 in her school

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A young genius, Elijah Muhammad, has made Oklahoma State history after becoming a freshman at Oklahoma City Community College in the United States of America.

Muhammad, 12, is the youngest Black student to enroll in a college in the state, a feat he is proud of.

The home school senior is studying in three classes as part of his major, Cyber Security, which includes Computer Hardware, Intro to Computer Technology, and Computer Operating Systems.

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Black Boy is youngest college student in the State of Oklahoma.
Photos of Elijah Muhammad. Credit: Oklahoma's News 4
Source: UGC

Muhammad told Oklahoma's News 4 that his mates were shocked on his first day in class.

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''A bunch of them were like, ‘how old are you?’” said Muhammad. “Once I told them my age, they all got surprised,'' he said, according to the news outlet.

The tween is not the only prodigy in his family as his sister, Shania, became the youngest person to enroll at OCCC at 13-years-old. She was also the youngest to graduate at 14 in May.

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YEN.com.gh also reported that A young lady named Zulaiha Dobia Abdullah has been hailed after graduating with a master's degree from the University of Ghana, Legon.

Abdullah graduated with a Computer Science degree from the premier Ghanaian university and posed for photos on her graduation day.

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In shots on the Twitter page @Salonemessenger, seen by YEN.com.gh, she was photographed in her graduation gown, beaming with smiles for the lens.

Boy to Graduate from university at 15

Also, YEN.com.gh reported that at 15, Nehemiah Juniel made history as the youngest person and Black student to graduate from Sam Houston State University (SHSU) in the United States of America.

The prodigy will receive his bachelor's degree in Health Sciences in August, a feat that has earned him attention.

Juniel has always been a bright child. He was doing pre-algebra at just five years old and received his Associate of Arts degree at age 13.

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Nathaniel Crabbe (Human-Interest editor) Nathaniel Crabbe is a journalist and editor with a degree in Journalism from the Ghana Institute of Journalism, where he graduated in 2015. He earned his master's from UPSA in December 2023. Before becoming an editor/writer of political/entertainment and human interest stories at Asaase Radio, Crabbe was a news reporter at TV3 Ghana. With experience spanning over ten years, he now works at YEN.com.gh as a human interest editor. You can reach him via nathaniel.crabbe@yen.com.gh.