Correspondence relating to Hastings Kamuzu Banda's education and early years, 1960-1961, 1960-1961
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to Hastings Kamuzu Banda's education and early years.
1. Wilberforce University, Ohio. Hastings Kamuzu Banda attended and graduated from Wilberforce Academy, 21 June 1928. 1960 [4 items].
2. Indiana University, Indiana. Correspondence and a cutting relating to Hastings Kamazu Banda, student, 1st semester, 1928-1929 and summer, 1st and 2nd semesters of 1929-1930. 1960 [3 items].
3. University of Edinburgh. Hastings Banda obtained the medical qualifications LRCP (Edin), LRCS (Edin), LRFPS (Glasgow) from the School of Medicine of the Royal Colleges, July 1941. Previously he attended Meharry Medical College, USA. 1960 [2 items].
4. Letter from John Scott, University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, to George Shepperson, Old College, Edinburgh. Banda as a small child was kitchen boy to the writer's great uncle and aunt. Impressed by his intelligence, Mrs Prentice taught him the 3 R's. Writer also mentions proposed establishment of a University College at Livingstonia. Lectureship in Economic History advertised. 1961 [4 items].
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1961
Creator
- Banda, Hastings Kamuzu, c 1898-1997 (First President of Malawi) (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
English
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Full Extent
13 items
Subject
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
Repository Details
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