User:Girlsedittoo/Jeffrey A. Fadiman Ph.D, ED

Professor Fadiman was a Fullbright Scholar in Kenya in 1969 where he had an opportunity to become the First Oral Historian, Meru, Mt.Kenya and learn the entire oral history of the mountain Meru speaking people. He developed a new oral research methodology that provided 8,000 pages of historical data from 300 people interviewed. He presented his research in Kenya, Oxford, UK and the US. Professor Fadiman wrote 2 books, 2 monographs and 6 articles. In 2011 he was invited to return to Meru Kenya where he received the titles of "Honorary Meru Elder" and "The Father of Meru History". His most famous book on the subject is "When We Began, There Were Witchman, An Oral History from Mount Kenya".Meru people