LU-MRRL Lecture Series: A Missouri Family's Summer in Mozambique: Rolla Missionaries, Elephants, Legos, and Interviews with Mayors

Brian Norris, associate professor of political science at Lincoln University, won a Fulbright scholarship to study local government in Mozambique, a country in southeastern Africa, for three months in the summer of 2023. His wife and their three daughters, ages 14, 11 and 9, came along for a family adventure. They were surprised to meet a Rolla missionary family who founded a sewing school to empower women in the beach town of Beira. The family went on a safari and saw an elephant, lion, wild dogs, porcupine, wildebeest, and a scarily large crocodile while learning about an impressive private enterprise to create a national park in a former war zone. The girls played Legos with and taught Ms. Mary Mack to local kids. Brian ran around the country interviewing rural mayors trying to figure out how they do their jobs. Come see a photo essay and hear testimony from family members of what they discovered in Africa.