Dr. Albert Schweitzer, at one time the best known of all our global health pioneers, came to Africa in 1913. His time overlapped with Cook, Macvicar, Gilks, Jamot, Chesterman, and Berry - and he died - in Africa - after two-thirds of African countries had gained independence from their colonial masters. He is still revered as a theologian, an expert on Bach, and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

But what of his legacy in Africa? If he is remembered at all, it is as a gentle self-assured old European man practicing the piano in the village of Lambarene in Gabon, a man who loved plants and animals.

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