Anglický jazyk

African Odyssey

Vydavateľstvo: iUniverse
Rok vydania: 2007
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9780595440177

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O knihe

How does a little-traveled idealistic New Yorker adjust to the life of a
Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, teaching biology in a culture infused
with superstition? In this memoir, a former Peace Corps volunteer
recounts the challenges and frustrations of teaching secondary school
science in Nigeria from 1964-66, just prior to the tragic Biafran War.
Author Sandford describes memorable, often humorous, experiences
living and working in Nigeria and traveling throughout the country,
including unusual dining experiences, an embarrassing church visit, his
first haircut by an African barber, and an encounter with a traditional
Yoruba healer or juju man. He also relates traveling to National Parks and
interesting locales in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, in East
Africa, and his adventures there, including meeting Jomo Kenyatta in
Mombasa, the Hyena Man in Harar, and surviving an elephant stampede
in Murchison Falls NP.

African Odyssey is a readable and entertaining account of one American's
immersion in a different culture, and of the rewards that come when a
person confronts new challenges and uniquely different situations,
assuming the risks of journeying to places much different from those to
which one is accustomed.