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Erdman relates the stories of the two years she spent as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small village in the Ivory Coast in Africa in the late 1990’s. I had to look up the copyright date after I started the book; was the book taking place in the 1990’s or the 1890’s? It could have been either based on the lives of the villagers. No running water, no electricity. Mothers didn’t know the birthdates or even the ages of their children. Very little reading or writing. No knowledge of birth control or w
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Sarah Erdman is a Peace Corps worker, sent to Nambonkaha, a small village in northern Ivory Coast, mainly to introduce better health to local villages. The main focus of this book are the people she meets and the village of which she becomes a part for two years. It's a wonderful description of village life.
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