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...missionary attitude," Karefa-Smart means the spirit of self-serving forays into the jungle by westerners in the footsteps of Livingston and Schweitzer. Their attempts at curative medicine had little impact on total community health; they were better at healing their own spiritual woes...
...They are always coming back to report to their country," Karefa-Smart says. "They tell how the people are suffering; they speak of the great need. In this way, they get support, but there is no real progress for the Africans. It is only a career to the missionary: getting support and treating a few people. I want to see my people's health improved...
...Karefa-Smart came to Harvard in 1947 to study public health, and, after a year, returned to his village to apply community health measures he was sure would cut down the number of patients needing treatment for contagious diseases. But, before he could begin, the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, asked him to train other Africans in preventive medicine. He lectured there until...
...Karefa-Smart's political awakening came shortly after that, during a tour of East Africa. He was stunned by the exploitation of Africans in the mining industry throughout the copper belt, and, looking around, saw far more rigid repression than relatively liberal Sierra Leone had known...
...surprised to find one young man who was already fighting this discrimination, and they became friends. That early organizer was Kenneth Kaunda, now the president of Zambia. Kaunda's courage forced Karefa-Smart to re-evaluate his own career and the fruits of all his education...