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We Were Walimu Once and Young: Snapshots of Teaching in East Africa Kindle Edition

by E.Brooks Goddard (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
In the early 1960s—while young people were inspired by President Kennedy, civil rights advanced in the USA, and the Cold War overheated—575 US and 200 UK teachers went to East Africa.
These walimu—Swahili for teacher—signed up for two or three years. Many stayed longer. They came to teach secondary students and train new teachers. They endured culture shock, undertook voyages of discovery, and forged friendships to last a lifetime. They witnessed the lowering of colonial flags and the sun rising over newly independent states of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.


We Were Walimu Once and Young collects personal stories from the Teachers for East Africa (TEA) and Teacher Education for East Africa (TEEA) experience. Written 50 years later, or taken from letters sent home at the time, these stories describe student and village life, adventures with flora and fauna and food, and journeys to explore remote parts of East Africa.


Proceeds from this book will fund grants to secondary schools in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. The schools determine their own needs, and there is a great need for textbooks, science laboratories, teaching aids, and recreational reading. The organization has raised $270,000 for 190 grants since 2002.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B071Y7QRVZ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jugum Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 466 pages
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  • CAPTAIN BARR
    5.0 out of 5 stars EVALUATION OF "WE WERE WALIMU ONCE AND YOUNG" EXPERIENCES IN EAST AFRICA BY AMERICAN AND UK TEACHERS IN THE SIXTIES
    Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2017
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    THESE ARE WONDERFUL AND INTERESTING STORIES WRITTEN BY THE HUNDREDS OF ACTUAL PERSONS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PILOT PEACE CORPS PROGRAM STARTING IN 1961 - ENJOYED READING ALL THESE FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE ESSAYS FROM THEIR EXPERIENCES IN THIS PROGRAM CALLED "TEACHERS FOR EAST AFRICA (TEA) -- MR. GODDARD AND HIS STAFF DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN EDITING AN CREATING THIS DOCUMENTATION OF THEIR EXPERIENCES.
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  • Joyce M. Krmer
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book which relates American teachers' experiences is a delight to read and very informative for anyone considering teaching ...
    Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018
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    This book which relates American teachers' experiences is a delight to read and very informative for anyone considering teaching in East Africa.
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  • Nancy D
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Profound Impact of Service
    Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2021
    Format: Paperback
    By Nancy Wesson, author: I Miss the Rain in Africa: Peace Corps as a Third Act
    As a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who entered Peace Corps Uganda, at the age of 64 in 2011, I was surprised to learn that – in the years of the Peace Corps’ infancy—there existed another American volunteer organization inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s 1961 inaugural speech: Teachers for East Africa. This book recounts the memories of many of those eager teachers during the early free-reign days (ending in 1971) of Volunteering in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In those days, volunteers (Peace Corps volunteers as well) were allowed and afforded freedoms and living conditions unknown to current PC volunteers, who typically endure austere conditions, are prevented access to any vehicle save a bicycle or a donkey, face extreme travel restrictions, and live on stipends that dictate a very constrained 27 months—Peace Corps’ general length of service.

    Despite those differences, what strikes me is the similarity of emotions, cultural-adjustments, and the impact deep-immersion into radically different cultures has on both the giver and receiver. Even those distinctions are blurred though, as returned volunteers often feel they have received more than they gave.

    I was particularly moved by the story of the young man, who, because he was a Muzungu (white, non-African), was called to remove the body of a very-young girl from a pool, where she had drowned. Tradition had it, that the body could ONLY be removed by a foreigner. Even now, Muzungus are erroneously assigned a value and significance we neither deserve, nor recognize or believe of ourselves.

    Another story had to do with the cogent insights into the British-based educational system to which many previously colonized countries still adhere, even though is it largely culturally irrelevant and confounding to its students, who struggle to contend with both the language and cultural strangeness.

    This book is filled with stories that have the potential to not only expand your understanding and appreciation of the world beyond Western privilege, but open your heart to the deeper connections we share as humans, despite our geographic and cultural variances. It might also inspire the reader toward their own form of service.

    In the words we heard so often in Uganda: "Thank you for your work."
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  • Henry Hamburger
    5.0 out of 5 stars We Learned as Much as We Taught
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2017
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    This collection of stories is a window into a hopeful time in both Africa and America. In Africa the flags of the colonists were being lowered, and hopes were rising. JFK declared that the torch had been passed and young Americans were eager to participate, to lend a hand, to see the world. In this book, the Teachers for East Africa relate their experiences inside and outside the classroom in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Though mostly in their early twenties, they were trained, credentialed teachers. Looking back, a half century down the road, they have called to mind those inspiring, transformational years that, for some, shaped what they would become. For all, the memories never died. Full disclosure: I was one of them.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2017
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