What's Chris Matthews' Swazi Name?

MSNBC “Hardball” Host Chris Matthews is scheduled to host the “50th Anniversary Commemoration of Peace Corps: Panel with Chris Matthews” on March 2.  The event will take place in UCLA’s Royce Auditorum at 7 p.m. Matthews was a Peace Corps volunteer in Swaziland from 1968-70. His Swazi name was Phakama Dube. The name means “Jump Up! Zebra.” Whatever that means.

The panel:

Frank Mankiewicz ’47; former regional Peace Corps director for Latin America; former director of National Public Radio; and former press secretary for Sen.

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