▁few ▁weeks ▁were ▁a ▁dis aster , ▁as ▁he ▁strugg led ▁to ▁communicate , ▁did ▁not ▁understand ▁the ▁culture , ▁and ▁didn ' t ▁like ▁the ▁taste ▁of ▁the ▁food . ▁Z anna ▁called ▁his ▁father ▁with ▁the ▁desire ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁Niger ia . ▁ ▁Z anna ' s ▁brother , ▁a ▁Niger ian ▁doctor , ▁contact ed ▁Bishop ▁Mc N am ara ▁basketball ▁head ▁coach ▁Mart y ▁Keith line ▁and ▁asked ▁for ▁Z anna ▁to ▁be ▁given ▁an ▁opportunity ▁to ▁get ▁an ▁American ▁education ▁and ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁play ▁basketball . ▁He ▁later ▁visited ▁South ▁Africa ▁for ▁" B asketball ▁Without ▁B orders ," ▁with ▁several ▁other ▁players , ▁including ▁Serge ▁Ib aka , ▁D ik em be ▁Mut om bo , ▁D irk ▁Now itz ki ▁and ▁Lu ol ▁D eng . ▁Z anna ▁said ▁seeing ▁an ▁NBA ▁player ▁in ▁person ▁was ▁a ▁great ▁experience . ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁it ▁made ▁him ▁want ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁their ▁position . ▁ ▁High ▁school ▁career ▁So on ▁after ▁arriv ing ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Z anna ▁attended ▁Bishop ▁Mc N am ara ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Forest ville , ▁Maryland . ▁As ▁a ▁s oph om ore ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 – 0 7 , ▁he ▁missed ▁ 1 7 ▁games ▁with ▁a ▁broken ▁foot ▁but ▁still ▁aver aged ▁ 1 0 ▁points ▁and ▁ 1 1 ▁reb ounds ▁per ▁game . ▁He ▁finished ▁his ▁s oph om ore ▁season ▁by ▁posting ▁ 1 7 ▁points ▁and