Eritrea 1962

A young American college student heard John F. Kennedy's challenge to make this world better. He applied for the Peace Corps, and he was invited to join the first Peach Corps group in Ethiopia. He had to look up "Ethiopia" in an encyclopedia to learn where he would be going. In the small city of Adi Ugri in northern Ethiopia, Nyle Kardatzke taught math and science to local boys and girls in a public school. His two years in Ethiopia were a defining episode of his life. His experiences...
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A young American college student heard John F. Kennedy's challenge to make this world better. He applied for the Peace Corps, and he was invited to join the first Peach Corps group in Ethiopia. He had to look up "Ethiopia" in an encyclopedia to learn where he would be going. In the small city of Adi Ugri in northern Ethiopia, Nyle Kardatzke taught math and science to local boys and girls in a public school. His two years in Ethiopia were a defining episode of his life. His experiences introduce you to some of the food, languages, and customs of that ancient land. Friendships with Ethiopians and Americans have enriched his life from 1962 until now.When he went to Eritrea, a former Italian colony, it was in a close relationship with Ethiopia but it had a degree of independent governance. Soon after he arrived in 1962, Eritrea was made a province of Ethiopia, and a civil war began to resist that change.The author's two years from 1962 to 1964 changed his life in ways he understood better in his later years. For some readers, the book itself will be an adventure to a faraway place long ago.