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THURSDAY. JANUARY 17. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
Bendazzi Teaches
English Class at
Mali Presidency
By ZAKI SALAMA
: Unittd Prm Interrniionel
': Bamako. Mali -01PII- "Good
evening, my teacher," said
President Modibo Keita of
Mali,
"Good evening, my teach
er," said Mrs. Keita. A room
ful of fellow students, in
eluding several Malian cabinet
ministers, addressed similar
greetings ' to Alex Bendazzi
of Poughkccpsie, N.Y. '
: The occasion was English
class at the Malian presidency
and Bendazzi was the teacher.
In Africa, where independ
ence is flowering, some iun-
tries speak English, some
French - depending on their
colonial history. President
Keita found it inconvenient to
be fluent only In French.
For instance, when he met
with Ghanian President Kwa
me Nkrumah, they could conv
municate only through an interpreter.
So Kicta decided to brush
up on his English. He had
learned some at school,
Contact Teeeher
French-speaking Bendazzi
33, an English teacher to for
eign diplomatsi in Washing
ton, D.C., was contacted by
the United States Information
Service and . rushed from
Washington on 10 days notice.
A graduate of Queens college
in New York and former so
cial worker there, he had
studied French at Paris' Sor
bonne university.
"I drove a Jeep, all dressed
in formal wear, up Kolouba
hill and into the presidency,"
Bendazzi recalled. ;
" "'I entered by a side-door
Into the residence section.
Class took place in a drawing
room, air-conditioned, with a
long, rectangular table in the
center. Three times a week:
Monday, Wednesday and Fri
day. From 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
after dinner.
"The President came in
with his wife, both in flow
ing native dress. They were
8lways punctual. They told
me 'good evening, my teach
er,' and shook my hand. Then
class began.
i "We sat around 1'ie long
table, about a dozen of us.
The President and I sat oppo
site each other across the
table at the end near the door.
The President set a tape-re
corder on the table between
us.
Has Good Humor
"The President is an ex
teacher himself," said Ben
dazzi, "and he kept the class
in good humor. Once in 4
while he would kid one of his
ministers on a point of pro
nunciation. :
"Mrs. Keita found the ex
pression 'what about' very
funny. It sounded like 'war
raba,' a Bambara word mean
ing lion."
Bendazzi said that for one
class the President brought
plates, knives, forks, spoons,
tangerines, oranges, mangoes
and bananas, and wanted to
know the words for them In
English.
"At the end of the class
he gave me two tangerines,
two oranges and two ba
nanas," Bendazzi recalled.
"My class continued for
three months, with some In
terruptions due to the Presi
dent's slate affairs. I used the
dialogue approach with con
versational English. I explain
ed some points In French. I
brought In some subjects from
African life, and they liked
it.
"The President was the
keenest of them all," said
Bendazzi. "He always came
to class having studied the
previous lesson at home, lie
felt pride In his progress."
Western diplomats in Ba
mako believe Keita can speak
fair English. However, he
rarely uses It in public for
fear of making mistakes.
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