Unseen Sides of Lesotho - A Peace Corps Perspective

2019-07-05

I love talking with Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) because they offer such a unique perspective on a country. Because they're stationed in one country for two to three years, they are both insider and an outsider. They're an insider because they usually: Live in villages Learn the local language Hang out with the locals so much that the locals start behaving "normally" with them However, at the same time, a PCV they are outsiders for obvious reasons. Sometimes they can blend in. For example, a black American can blend in most...

They're an insider because they usually:

Live in villages
Learn the local language
Hang out with the locals so much that the locals start behaving "normally" with them

However, at the same time, a PCV they are outsiders for obvious reasons. Sometimes they can blend in. For example, a black American can blend in most of Africa.

However, the blond and blue-eyed Alicia Carter and Brandy Hart had no hope of blending into Lesotho. They were both Peace Corps Volunteers in Lesotho, a small country surrounded by South Africa.

Alicia and Brandy both extended their two-year stays because they loved it.

I ask them about their experiences in Lesotho.

At the end of the podcast, we take a quick tour of Alicia's rondoval.

To see the interview, watch it on YouTube at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppz-L6v0arI

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