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Here is a frank, moving extremely vivid account of contemporary African life for anyone whose curiosity extends beyond the limits of Out of Africa. Stationed as a Peace Corps instructor in the village of Lavie (the name means wait a little more), in tiny, underdeveloped Togo, George Packer portrays his own schooling at the hands of an unforgettable array of villagers -- peasants, chiefs, charlatans, children, market women, cripples, crazies, and those who having lost or given up much of their traditional identity and fastened their hopes on development find themselves trapped between the familiar repetitions of rural life and the chafing monotony of waiting for change.
Vintage Departures series - personally recommended - great read.
CONDITION: Soft cover, used lightly, 316 pages, published 1988
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