Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village, (Paperback)

from nobooksnolife

Honest, earnest, compelling, extremely well-written narrative of two years serving the Peace Corps in a remote village of Ivory Coast-- I emerged from this reading with a knowledge and respect for the people of the village, as well as for the sincerity and objectivity of the author. Sarah Erdman'...

from debnance

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...

from traczy555

I loved this book. A beautifully written account of peace corp experience. Sarah Erdman was able to share her heart, joy, frustrations and hope. She pulled me into the experience so well that I felt I was watching the weighing of babies. I read a lot of books like this and it has been a long time...

from cinesnail88

This book truly stands out in the realm of true accounts of life in Africa, especially from the perspective of a transplanted American. Erdman came into Cote D'Ivoire as a Peace Corps volunteer not knowing what she was really doing, and she came out a changed woman. Her account of the two years s...

from bookwoman247

This is a wonderful account of Erdman's two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in a small village in the Ivory Coast in the late 1990's. Even though I'm a bit skeptical of such glowing accounts, especially when they make the author look good, I just could not help but cheer at the love and respect ...