By Professor Jeff Fadiman  

Was it really only 60 years ago? I had just left college. I was tall, slim, black bearded, intensely single and taking my first long look at Uganda—a country of 1,000,000 banana trees. I was stunned. A whole, beautiful country about which I knew absolutely nothing! I was out of my mind with eagerness to learn all about it.

I had been chosen to live in Uganda, Kenya, or Tanzania for three years by “Teachers for East Africa,” a U.S./U.K. program that was eventually absorbed by the American Peace Corps. Their goal was to choose 20 American college graduates, train them for one year, to teach, then put them into British African schools for two years. Three years in Africa was a big commitment. I had left my family, girlfriend, and dog. For what seemed like forever.

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