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Box 2

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Contains 6 Results:

Reel #5, circa 1975

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

Contains more traditional interviews with a clear interviewer and interviewee. The first interview is in English but neither person is a native English speaker. The farmer is talking about being happy to have his own land, talking about his neighbors, progressive farming. They talk about new farming practices, where to get potato seeds, the ministry, co-ops for African produce, etc. The remaining interviews are in Swahili or Maa.

Dates: circa 1975

Reel #6, circa 1975

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

An English-speaking man is leading some kind of a lecture or bible study class. He also talks about his pastor and passion for church history. No information on the speaker's name or the date. There is no obvious connection to the Kenya tapes.

Dates: Other: circa 1975

Reel #15, circa 1975

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

Interviews with farmers. American interviewer (Moris?) with a Kiswahli translator. English and Swahili. Talking about farming, cattle, crops.

Dates: Other: circa 1975

Reel #16, circa 1975

 File — Box: 2

Interviews in English with teachers. Interviewer (Moris?) requests interviewees not to reveal names. First interviewee is an American with the Teachers for East Africa Project. Talks about his teaching experience teaching in Tanga. He refers to Tanzania by an old name, which might date this tape to the 1960s. Second teacher is an American man, third is a British woman. Similar topics, teaching experience in the boarding schools, coursework and discipline.

Dates: Other: circa 1975

Reel #17, circa 1975

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

The first interview could be in Maa, not Swahili. Interviewer is an East African. At about the 50 min mark, it is a different interview (same interviewer) that is mostly in English. They talk about farming, crop rotations, etc. Third interview is also in English, talking about potatoes and maize.

Dates: Other: circa 1975

Reel #18, circa 1975

 File — Box: 2
Scope and Contents

Two men are speaking, possibly in Maa. They talk about shillings at some point, identifying this as an East African location, either Kenya or Tanzania.

Dates: Other: circa 1975