Staff Training Institute, Mbabane, Eswatini (Swaziland 1) 1968
My assignment was to train Swazi women to take over positions in the Swaziland government which former wives from Great Britain had held: particularly administrative positions.
One of my many revealing experiences was during a trip to Mozambique with my students. Since Swaziland is landlocked, none of the students had experienced the Indian Ocean. So, when we decided to take a ferry boat out from Lorenzo Marques (now Maputo) I, and they, realized what happens to one’s center of gravity while floating on the immense body of moving waves with only what appears to be a thin platform between their feet and the water! It was a grand revelation for me and for my students! I can still see their unfathomable, questioning expressions!
I had so many, many realizations like this for three years, and then again for another year traveling across the continent of Africa: Eswatini to Algeria and on to Europe! Such exquisite, quixotic times.