Discipline, Dust, and Destiny: Life Inside the Boarding HouseLife inside a boarding school was a study in endurance. Nigeria’s boarding schools, in effect, were both ladders and walls: they elevated some while leaving millions of others to watch from afar. Legacy of the Boarding School SystemDespite decay, the boarding school legacy endures. While Ghana’s Achimota School and Kenya’s Alliance High School produced leaders, Nigeria’s boarding schools produced an unprecedented number of heads of state. Concluding Insight: From Dust to DestinyAs the sun sets over the old compounds of Nigeria’s boarding schools, the dust swirls once more, catching the last light of day.