11 episodes
Mulugeta Wodajo Felasfa M. Wodajo
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- History
These are a series of roughly 1 hour long conversations between myself and my father retelling stories from his childhood, his education in Ethiopia and the US and the founding of Haile Selassie University (now Addis Ababa Univ). It was recorded in 2010. http://www.mulugetawodajo.com/
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11. H.S. University student uprisings, 1974-1975
University education as service to the country
Students demonstrating, police involvement
(poor audio towards end)
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10. Ethiopia, 1968-1974
Laboratory school
Ethiopian University Service
Ethiopian School Leaving Certificate Exam
"I was gratified that no leaks were even rumored much less were confirmed while I was director"
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9. HS University, 1962-1968
Ethiopia, "phase 1" of the university 1962-1968
development and consolidation of the university
Involvement of many nationalities
"I feel gratified that the school we created served the people"
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8. Return to Ethiopia, 1963
First year in Ethiopia (1963-1964)
Met Emperor Haile Selassie
Development and consolidation of the university
Married to mom (Yeshi)
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7. Graduate study. part 2, 1958-1963
years at Columbia; years of teaching; arrival, initial impressions; schools attended; daily life; news from home
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6. Graduate Studies 1956-57
Travel to America, impressions of Cairo & Europe, time at Harvard, traveling within the US in the 1960s
Notes and transcript are here.