Thirst for Education: A Kenyan's Sojourn to America in Search of Education - Softcover

Gachuhi, Dr Mugo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1503051420 ISBN 13: 9781503051423

Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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Reseña del editor:

Crossing three continents and spanning three generations, this is the story of a young determined man who left his rural village in Kenya in the quest for Western education. Walking nearly 100 miles to Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, during the Mau Mau struggle for independence from colonial rule, Mugo was a beneficiary of the famous Kennedy Airlift sponsored by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, which took him to the United States in 1960. As the war in Vietnam and the civil rights movement raged on, Mugo overcame racial and cultural barriers and met and married his wife. He continued to pursue his dream of an education. On completing his PhD in 1969, they returned to Kenya to contribute to building the nation and continue to do so today.

Biografía del autor:

Mugo Gachuhi holds a PhD in Sociology and Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He served as the first Kenyan African Director of the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi. During the years he served with UNESCO, he helped to establish the National Council for Population and Development for the Kenya Government. He retired as a Professor of Sociology and Education from Kenyatta University having established the first degree course in gerontology.

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• Verlag: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1503051420
• ISBN 13: 9781503051423
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 350