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Cornelius, Gary P

 
9781935925507: Dancing With Gogos: A Peace Corps Memoir
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1935925504 ISBN 13 : 9781935925507
Editeur : Peace Corps Writers, 2014

Synopsis

Dancing with Gogos is the story of one man’s effort to make a difference in a collection of Zulu villages in rural South Africa, while fulfilling a life-long dream of serving in the United States Peace Corps. It’s the story of learning a new language, of immersing oneself in a different culture, of leaving a love 15,000 kilometers behind and discovering the unexpected chance to find a new one half a world away. It’s the story of South Africa’s history of apartheid and the effects of that sorry legacy on tens of millions of black Africans who to this day struggle to leave behind 500 years of oppression. Gary Cornelius and 35 other would-be volunteers find themselves in a remote village in Mpumalanga Province as “trainees” for nine weeks of grueling learning before they can be sworn in as volunteers in “CHOP” – Peace Corps South Africa’s Community HIV-AIDS Outreach Program – to assume front-line positions in the battle to reduce spread of the disease in a country with one of the highest rates in the world. It’s an adventure none will ever forget.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gary Cornelius worked in Oregon’s public mental health and developmental disabilities systems for twenty-eight years before retiring early at age fifty-five to pursue his dream of Peace Corps service. Dancing with Gogos is his second book. He also is the author of Crashing Through the Underbrush, a novel based not-so-loosely on his mental health career. He lives in Eugene, Oregon with his dog, Carly.

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Éditeur
Peace Corps Writers
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1935925504
ISBN 13 
9781935925507
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
282
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