siSwati: How difficult can it be? English spoken here—softly. God is listening—with difficulty.
Culture shock one: Breasts are for nursing. When nature calls, step to the side of the path.
Culture shock two: African People Time. Do Africans not wear watches because they are on African Time, or are they on African Time because they don’t wear watches?
The news from Swaziland: Two terrible tabloids telling tall tales and teasing trash.
Crime and corruption: It’s the economy, stupid. “That’s how it is”.
The rights of Swazi citizens: Non-existent
Group 8:
38 of us “stage” in Atlanta; one leaves the next day. One leaves after two weeks of PST. Nine of us are ‘seniors’ of which six are RPCVs (7% of PC 50<). One (RPCV senior) is AD’d after PST; another (RPCV senior) leaves shortly (ET or AD?) Two girls are given ADs (the ‘Delta award’) and we ET. And Howard (another‘senior’) ETs to marry his Swazi sweetheart.
Friday, February 24, 2012
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