American Experiments in African Village: Eleven young Americans, members of the student travel exchange programme named 'Experiment in International living', have spent three weeks living with African families in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Now the group is living with African farmers in a village at Samagila. The Americans, all eleven of them, live in a small African hut, with mud walls, the mud floor and thatched roof. The Americans, who sleep on ~attresses laid on the ground, often found rate running over them at night. The group have to walk a good mile to get drinking water from a fairly dirty waterhole. For meals, the Americans eat Ugali (a solid block of corn meal boiled in water) beans and rice. The boys are building a house at Samagila while the girls cook and work of fields. The group is expected to return home early in September. Photo shows Marcia Howland from Fargo, North Dakot, cooking their meal in African way at Samagila.
Photo measures 8 x 10 inches.
Photo is dated 8-19-1966.
This item is an original collectible vintage print from a news archive, not a digital download or reproduction. Please see our FAQ for more information.
Photo back:
