Heard on the radio
I knew our intrepid investigator would find a link to the interview with Ismael Beah - Thank you Joanne! Listen…
Peace Corps writer Leita Kaldi (Senegal 1993-96) wrote:
I haven’t seen anything about Ismael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, who I was listening to while was driving. He was being interviewed on NPR last week about the Africa Summit in Washington 
DC. He had very astute things to say about American investment vs. exploitation in Africa. And then he added that the best foreign policy the U.S. ever had was Peace Corps! The first white person he’d ever seen appeared in his village and taught him English. I was so proud I nearly ran off the road. That would have been last Wednesday on, I think “The Take Away” or “The World.” I kind of expected it to be reported by somebody else, because we’re all such avid NPR listeners.
Thank you for posting this unsolicited wonderful testimony from Ismael Beah, one of the only people who really count, and those are all the HCNs who knew Peace Corps Volunteers.
I did some searching on the NPR site hoping to find a recording of the interview, but had no luck. Any searching pros out there who could help?
I googled “The Take Away” and found it. I emailed a link.
I knew our intrepid investigator would find a link to the interview with Ismael Beah – Thank you Joanne!
Listen and enjoy!
http://www.thetakeaway.org/people/ishmael-beah/