Group XXII description
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==Training== | ==Training== | ||
| - | + | Group 22 trained at Boston University beginning the third week in June, 1966, ending mid-August. | |
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| + | The Director of Training was Bill Southworth http://PeaceCorpsOnline.org/messages/messages/467/2013757.html, and the staff included | ||
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| + | The political A A Castagno of BU, http://books.google.com/books?id=9fAjtruUXjEC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=aa+castagno&source=web&ots=RahwagV90e&sig=7AT3tXYl0Z9jWLatbVhLMl8m8TI, who provided an academic view of Africa. | ||
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| + | The Hausa expert John N Paden, who had lived in Kano, gave lectures on Hausa culture, including the very useful advice that, to learn proper pronunciation, listen to the Hausa kids, since they speak more slowly and clearly. http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9950/ | ||
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| + | Sam Adams, an RPCV who had served in the Western Region. | ||
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| + | Language instructors Ralph Fotheringham, Monty and Fran Bessmer | ||
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| + | Hausa "informants" Haroun al Rashid Adamu, Zakari Kano, Felix Obinani, Benji Ishyaku | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
Revision as of 16:49, 31 December 2007
| Nigeria Group XXII | |
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| Group description: | Teachers |
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| Service years: | 1966 - 1968 |
| Number of volunteers : | 75 |
| Trained at : | Boston University |
| We were stationed in the North | |
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Training
Group 22 trained at Boston University beginning the third week in June, 1966, ending mid-August.
The Director of Training was Bill Southworth http://PeaceCorpsOnline.org/messages/messages/467/2013757.html, and the staff included
The political A A Castagno of BU, http://books.google.com/books?id=9fAjtruUXjEC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=aa+castagno&source=web&ots=RahwagV90e&sig=7AT3tXYl0Z9jWLatbVhLMl8m8TI, who provided an academic view of Africa.
The Hausa expert John N Paden, who had lived in Kano, gave lectures on Hausa culture, including the very useful advice that, to learn proper pronunciation, listen to the Hausa kids, since they speak more slowly and clearly. http://gazette.gmu.edu/articles/9950/
Sam Adams, an RPCV who had served in the Western Region.
Language instructors Ralph Fotheringham, Monty and Fran Bessmer
Hausa "informants" Haroun al Rashid Adamu, Zakari Kano, Felix Obinani, Benji Ishyaku
Service
We served.
Service Started
We arrived.
Service Events
What was going on.
Service Ended
Our service ended
