17 October 2026

Lumumba's Africa

Today being Friday, I had the opportunity of viewing 'Lumumba's Africa' on RT TV Channel. I tried to provide a link to the program, but in vain. 

In today's episode, Prof P L O Lumumba explained many aspects of  Pan Africanism. Some of the information seem new to me as these are not usually available in popular books or social media. One such is the scarfices made by African leaders such as Dr Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia and Dr Julius Nyerere of Tanzania. Prof Lumumba mentioned that when they were Presidents of their countries, Dr Kaunda's financial assets were only US $6000 and and Dr Nyerere owned just two houses, one in Dar Es Salaam and the other in a Tanzanian village. They were simple. Both were known as followers of Gandhian values. 



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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.