Word: chiefdoms
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Dates: during 1966-1966
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When a new Peace Corps program was proposed--chiefdom development instead of specific construction projects--I was asked to begin a pilot program for the Northern Province. The director of the CARE-Peace Corps rural development program patted me on the back (after feeding me) and told me to go out and develop a chiefdom. It's easy to see why I was chosen for this mission: no one really knows what community development entails, 'and who is better qualified for an undefined project than an undefined person...
...packed my bags and moved to Masingbe, a town of about 2300 people and headquarters of Kunike Chiefdom. Immediately after my arrival, I went to the highest point in the town to survey my new home: the huts of mud, wattle, and burlap; the fragrance of lilac, frangipani, and purple-tassled flowers filling the heavy air -- ah, sweet life. While I was gone my house was robbed...
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