Dar Days is a narrative account of Charles R. Swift's experiences in Tanzania during his eight year employment by the Tanzanian government, serving as Consultant Psychiatrist to the Ministry of Health and Professor of Psychiatry in the new Faculty of Medicine. This book proceeds chronologically from Swift's arrival in Dar es Salaam in September 1966 to his departure in July 1974. Dar Days is unique in its description of life in a newly independent African nation. It helps the reader understand why Tanzania has remained politically stable throughout its forty years, a paradigm of what can occur when people work together for a common good. What is the relevance today, amidst talk of terrorism and of AIDS, of a memoir from Dar es Salaam in the 1960s? . . .The answer is simple. Tanzania, the United States, and the world have changed almost beyond recognition from that period only decades removed, yet the need for an internationalism based on mutual respect for our common humanity has never been greater. Charlie Swift's unpretentious stories show how the milieu in Dar es Salaam fostered such ties. They also reveal the personal qualities required for such respect to take root and grow.>> (From the foreword, William Minter) 'Dar Days' provides an engaging account of a Western physician's dedication to and collaboration with African colleagues on the development of a functional mental health field in Tanzania.>>>> (Joe Kovacs) Charles Swift's 'Dar Days' is an engaging and highly readable account...>>>> (Charlie Langdon) Dr. Charles Swift has written an absorbing account of life in Tanzania in the crucial years just after independence. 'Dar Days' is important reading for medical practitioners, psychiatrists, historians, for those partisans of Africa's struggle againstcolonialism, and for those drawn to mountain climbing, or Africa's unparalleled animal life.>>> (George M. Houser) Dr. Charles Swift has written an absorbing account of life in Tanzania in the crucial years just after independence. 'Dar Days' is important reading for medical practitioners, psychiatrists, historians, for those partisans of Africa's struggle against colonialism, and for those drawn to mountain climbing, or Africa's unparalleled animal life. (George M. Houser) What is the relevance today, amidst talk of terrorism and of AIDS, of a memoir from Dar es Salaam in the 1960s? . . .The answer is simple. Tanzania, the United States, and the world have changed almost beyond recognition from that period only decades removed, yet the need for an internationalism based on mutual respect for our common humanity has never been greater. Charlie Swift's unpretentious stories show how the milieu in Dar es Salaam fostered such ties. They also reveal the personal qualities required for such respect to take root and grow. (From the foreword, William Minter) 'Dar Days' provides an engaging account of a Western physician's dedication to and collaboration with African colleagues on the development of a functional mental health field in Tanzania. (Joe Kovacs) Charles Swift's 'Dar Days' is an engaging and highly readable account... (Charlie Langdon) Charles R. Swift is a Freelance Consultant and Author in Durango, Colorado. Used Book in Good Condition