Title: Quimby and Milosh Mamula TWAP Papers, 1965-1967
Administrative/Biographical History
Quimby M. Mamula, born on January 31, 1942, and Milosh B. Mamula born on May 21, 1940, were teachers in the TWAP (Teachers for West Africa Program). Milosh graduated from Earlham College in 1962, and Quimby graduated from Earlham in 1964. Together, they were stationed in Nigeria, to work at the Baptist Boys Academy as teachers, Quimby as an English Literature and French teacher, and Milosh as a Physics teacher. While in Nigeria, Quimby gave birth to Margaret R. Mamula on December 11, 1965 at Ogbomosho Hospital. The Mamulas spent the years 1965-1967 in Nigeria working as visiting teachers, during which, political instability between the Biafra secessionist state and the central government of Nigeria caused military coups that led to official civil war in July of 1967. The Mamulas witnessed both pre-war Nigeria, and Nigeria in its early war state, before finishing out their assignment in Nigeria. Quimby would continue her education work outside of Nigeria as an English literature and pedagogy professor, and Milosh would continue his work as a physics professor and college administrator. Author: Evan Kohlbus
