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Don’t Run Over a Snake’s Tail, Slowly

Don’t Run Over a Snake’s Tail, Slowly

Dennis Perry

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Año de edición:
2024
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Biografía: general
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9781663259844
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My name is Dennis Perry. During my first year of Peace Corps service in Benin. I survived a revolution, participated in a land-grab, and ethnic cleansing.In my second year of service, I accepted an invitation to experience life as the old, old Africans lived it.Besides my duties, as an Animal Traction Volunteer, to train and provide health care for thirty-five pairs of bulls I helped the villagers of Kolokonde, Benin obtain a grant of $5000.00 to rebuild their market place.Finally, in 1973, I sat in on a meeting between Benin agricultural officials and the Red Chinese.

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