More recent posts about Guinea
Articles from Guinea
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Insects in Africa
I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guinea, West Africa. In my current role as stay-at-home mom/housewife (I like to refer to myself as "domestic goddess"), when I tell people I was a PCV in West Africa, they immediately imagine me in some ideal role of service in the middle of the bush and start to ask questions. And although my stories about my daily life are entertaining and completely fascinating to anyone who has never left the continental United States, this one instance is by ...
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The Positive Legacy of Peace Corps
As part of the Carter Center's Election Observation Mission for the Guinea 2010 Presidential Election, I lived in the city of Kankan (near the border with Mali) for 3 months. While this was 7 years after my Peace Corps service and although the Peace Corps activity in Guinea had been stopped due to political unrest, the people that I met in Kankan had a very favorable impression of Peace Corps Volunteers and liked me more when I explained that I had been one in another country (Uzbekistan). ...
