Prejudice: watch this impressive high school debate between 4 African students in the United States of America in 1957.
The students were from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa. Boniface Offokaja was the break-out star of the High School Exchange Debaters from 32 Countries in the United States of America in 1957
Watch this impressive high school debate between 4 African students in the United States of America in 1957. The students were from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa.
Debate Subject:
Prejudice part 1
African Students Participants are:
Miss Amelia Addae: From Gold Coast (now Ghana)
Miss Susan Rennie - From South Africa
Mr. Mesfin Binega - From Ethiopia
Mr. Boniface Offokaja - Nigerian
Forum director
Discussions are presided over by Mrs. Helen Hiett Waller, forum director, with a maximum of encouragement to free expression and a minimum of moderator-knows-best interference.
The program centers around Mrs. Waller's question, "Are Americans prejudiced in their opinions about Africa?"