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African Heritage Classroom
Summer
Scholarships
The African Heritage Classroom
opened in 1989. Since that time the main function of the Room Committee has
been to raise funds to help graduate students from the University of Pittsburgh
travel to Africa for study and/or research.
These awards typically are worth $2,500 and are given in conjunction
with the Nationality Room’s goal of sponsoring understanding of other
countries and cultures.
Previous winners of African Heritage
scholarships, and the countries they visited:
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Student
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Year
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Country
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Patricia Saunders
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1991
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Ghana
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Kimberly Brown
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1992
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Zimbabwe
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Heidi Streetman
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1993
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Kenya
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Chishamiso Rowley
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1994
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Nigeria
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Cathleen Laporte
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1995
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Zimbabwe
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Kevin Morse
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1996
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S. Africa
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Sera Keriuki
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1997
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Kenya
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Andrea Rogers
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1998
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S. Africa
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Dondi Ojeda
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1999
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Ghana
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Jenny Walker
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2000
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Mali
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Ashley Currier
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Zimbabwe
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Christophas Walker
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S. Africa
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Shayna Murdock
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2001
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Ghana
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Alvin Jones
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2002
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Tanzania
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Michael Doe
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Ghana
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Linda Hunt
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2003
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Senegal, Ghana, The Gambia
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Yemsrach
Dessalegn
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2004
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Ethiopia
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Anne Nagy
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Kenya
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Christopher Sang
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2005
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The Gambia, Senegal
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Tahir Abdullah
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2006
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The Gambia, Senegal
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Adam Iddriss
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Tanzania
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Raynard
Washington
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Tanzania
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Monique Thomas
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The Gambia, Senegal
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Suzanne Adjogah
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2007
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Morocco
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Penelope
Nelson-Bisset
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Ghana
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Zimife Umeh
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2008
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South Africa
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Eliade Nwosu
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South Africa
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Note: Since 2000, the
Committee’s award has sometimes included $1,000 from the Walter C. Worthington
Foundation
Testimony of
Scholarship winner
ALVIN JONES, in Tanzania:
“I woke up at 7 a.m., got dressed and had
tea and breakfast with my home stay father. Then I would usually walk into
town instead of taking the local transport, called the dalladalla. I liked to
walk instead of taking the dalladalla because they would really cram them
full of people and it was very uncomfortable. The walk to the day camp where
I worked was about 45 minutes. The camp would start at 9 a.m. and we would do
icebreakers, educational lectures, have lunch, and sports. Then camp would
end at 3 p.m. and I would go hang out around town with a few local vendors.
Sometimes we would discuss how HIV affected their communities, sometimes they
would help me with my Swahili, and sometimes we would just chill. Then I
would be on my way home around 6 p.m. because it wasn't safe for a foreigner
like me to be walking around after dark. Then at home I would sit on the
couch and watch TV with my father. There was only one channel so there was no
need for channel surfing. At about 8 p.m. every night my mom would welcome me
to dinner. As the guest in their house they would always wait for me to
choose my food first before they did and they would really try to stuff and
satisfy me. After dinner I'd watch some more TV and then go to sleep at about
9:30 p.m.”
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