Word: kivukoni
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...Kivukoni College was founded at the time of Tanganyika's independence in 1961 to help train men moving into positions of leadership in the country at the local level. It stands across the harbor from Dar es Salaam, accessible only by ferry or five circuitous miles of dirt road. I crossed the ferry for the first time in June, 1964, a little bedraggled from a 24-hour bus trip from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam and very curious about what it would be like to teach there. A man in a Volkswagen, who turned out to be a West German...
...Kivukoni turned out to be a most exciting institution. The staff was an international mixture consisting of the principal, a Canadian who taught world affairs and cooperatives, a refugee from South Africa who taught economics, an Englishman who taught political science, and the West German...
...students take an eight month course in social sciences that concentrates on the practical problems of Tanzania and East Africa. Everything taught is judged according to its usefulness in "nation building." Development--economic, social, and political--is a pervasive concern in Tanzania, and Kivukoni students expect the college to give them the skills that will make them better nation builders...
...college of nation building, "extra-curricular" activities are extremely important. Kivukoni does its best to reach beyond its fulltime students. Weekend seminars on nutrition or the implementation of the Five Year Plan were held for outsiders. On the college's weekly radio program, "Bwana Mpango" (Mr. Planner) discusses the Five Year Plan with housewives, school boys, farmers, or the unemployed. Mbionl (On the Move), the college's monthly paper, is another attempt to reach a wider circle of potential nation builders...
...enjoyed trying "to build the nation" and was grateful for the chance to see what my education was good for. When I arrived back at Harvard in the fall, I had the satisfaction of seeing some results of my teaching. In the course of the summer, some of my Kivukoni students had already run for, and been elected to parliament
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