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job was to educate workers about free labor and Democracy. “Because of the almost 90 percent illiteracy rate, we had to teach these people with as simple means as possible — cartooning."
Kilhefner spent almost 15 years in Africa, travelling all over the continent to Ethiopia, Botswana, Liberia, and other places that are just names in National Geographic articles to most people. With his cartoons he taught financing, collective bargaining, grievance handling, and other tools of democracy.
In 1985, he reached the mandatory retirement age, and although he felt more than able and was more than willing to continue, he was forced to leave his African post.
It was not an easy home coming. “I was used to illiteracy in Africa,” he said, recalling his return to the U.S. and a home in Fairfax, Virginia. “But I was floored when I found it in America. It seemed to have gotten worse during the time I was away.”
Kilhefner blames the problem on America’s lack of priorities. “Athletes and actors are paid millions to entertain us but teachers, who mold our children’s minds, are barely paid enough to survive.” Kilhefner applauded Dexter Manley, the Washington Redskin’s all-pro defensive lineman, for going public with his reading problem. “It took a lot of courage for him to do that. As a role model to thousands of young kids he’s given them courage to tackle
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