{"id":17850,"date":"2020-07-27T17:02:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T21:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/?page_id=17850"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:48:00","slug":"teaching-africa-teacher-certification-program-teachers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/outreach\/teaching-africa-teacher-certification-program\/teaching-africa-teacher-certification-program-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Africa Program Certificate &#038; Fellows Teacher Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/africa\/profile\/mary-bashir\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/africa\/files\/2021\/06\/Mary-Bashir-Photo-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Mary Bashir<\/p>\n\t\t<p 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