“What strikes the imagination about this mass educational endeavor, of Southern Rhodesia claiming to have the highest percentage of African Children of school age actually in school, is the fact that 69 years ago when the white man first came to this area, Africans were in a barbaric state without writing. In sharp contrast, in 1958 three hundred African children marched in protest for 13 kilometers demanding more school places (due to overcrowding). The thirst for education grows stronger year by year among Aficans.”
— Franklin Parker, source: Parker, Franklin. “Life and Education in Southern Rhodesia.” The Phi Delta Kappan 41, no. 4 (1960): 174-79. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20342376.
I love the way articles were written years ago, without politically correct language. To supplement this view of Zimbabweans having progressed from a barbaric to thirsty for education I have found contrasting images from 1910 and 1960 when the article was written.
Who the hell is Zimbabwe 