| Abstract |
Topics discussed include first impressions of Africa, life styles and economic conditions of the people, administration of the school system, teaching practices, Lauback method of language instruction, the coming of independence, the Congo Rebellion of 1960 and subsequent outbreaks in 1964 and 1967, witchcraft, and other aspects of life in Africa. |
| General note | Interviewer: Donald R. Lennon. Interview date: February 15, 1982, March 1, 1982, and May 17, 1982. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Charles A. Sthreshley & Florence M. Sthreshley Oral History Interview (#OH0073), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Repository does not own copyright to the oral history collection. Permission to cite, reproduce, or broadcast must be obtained from both the repository and the participants in the oral history, or their heirs. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Charles A. Sthreshley & Florence M. Sthreshley. |
| Biographical note | Rev. Charles A. and Florence M. Streshley served in the Congo - Zaire as teachers and educators. Mrs. Streshley departed for Africa in 1947 and was joined there by her husband in 1955. They served there with intermittent furloughs until 1974. She returned on special assignment in 1981 for several months. |
