Professor who backed student's baby in class.Remember the Ivory Coast professor, who was photographed carrying a student's baby in class in a widely shared image?Well,speaking recently,he has said being a mother should not stop women getting an education.
Honore Kahi offered to take the baby as he was crying and preventing the mother from
sitting in class.
He said his students were surprised, began to laugh and then took pictures.
He told the BBC that they then realised that "this is a good father, this is a real man... [and] a role model".
Some of those sharing the photograph on social media praised him as a hero.
Mr Kahi, who teaches communications at Ivory Coast's Bouake University, said that women should not be discouraged by people's perceptions of what they should be able to do.
Honore Kahi offered to take the baby as he was crying and preventing the mother from
sitting in class.
He said his students were surprised, began to laugh and then took pictures.
He told the BBC that they then realised that "this is a good father, this is a real man... [and] a role model".
Some of those sharing the photograph on social media praised him as a hero.
Mr Kahi, who teaches communications at Ivory Coast's Bouake University, said that women should not be discouraged by people's perceptions of what they should be able to do.