I'm washing my host family's dishes in the early morning in the courtyard of their home. I explained to my host family that even though I'm a guest, I can contribute to the household and do some chores, just as I was brought up to do in America. ...
This is my neighbor, Mohammed Lamine. He's standing against the outside wall of his compound in Kindia, Guinea. When I first arrived, at the sight of me, he would turn and run away in the opposite direction screaming and crying. Most often, he...