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  • Fixing Cars Tanzanian-Style (or We Africans Use Our Heads)

Fixing Cars Tanzanian-Style (or We Africans Use Our Heads)

Fixing Cars Tanzanian-Style (or We Africans Use Our Heads)


Author Country :
Genre Type :True Story
Location :Tanzania
Year of Publication :0/
Publication :
Sub Theme :Helping the Needy, Service, Traveling, Using One's Talents/
Author Name :Father Edward Hayes, M.M./
Author City :
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    I was showing a visitor around our Maryknoll Region in
Tanzania. We hadn’t gone more than 15 miles when my Land-Rover shuddered to a
stop. I pulled out the automotive manual
and attempted to locate the source of the difficulty. After several hours, a
truck pulled up. The driver, an elderly African, got out to help us. He wriggled
under our vehicle while his
passenger pored over our manual. Emerging with a smile, the earnest mechanic
successfully started up our Land-Rover. His passenger began telling him about
the splendid manual we had. The elderly man replied, "The foreigners may use
books, but we Africans use our heads."

 


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