Bibliography by Author

Omang, Joanne (Turkey, 1964–66).

Incident at Akabal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Library of Congress Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/91018230

Award: RPCV Writers & Readers’ Maria Thomas Fiction Award, 1993

Publisher’s description: Political fiction based in Central America in 1979. Joanne Omang, the Washington Post’s first female foreign correspondent, bases her novel on a true incident that took place in the Guatemalan mountain village of Aqabal. Tampa Review’s Andy Soloman faults the author for her “colorless” female characters and for placing “her political agenda ahead of her characters.”

Onyemelukwe, Catherine (Nigeria, 1962–64).

Nigeria Revisited: My Life and Loves Abroad. 1st Peace Corps Writers edition. Oakland, California: Peace Corps Writers, 2014. Library of Congress Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2014953038

Publisher’s description: “The Nigerian people hold strong ties to their families, clans, tribes, and country, and it doesn’t take long for foreign residents to feel the same bond. So in 1962, when twenty-one-year-old Catherine Onyemelukwe launches her two-year adventure with the brand-new Peace Corps, she has no idea what the African country has in store. Catherine’s heartfelt memoir revisits her two years overseas that become twenty-four, during which her experiences brim with friendships, students, travels around the country, and love. It recalls how her future Nigerian husband contrives to meet her, their falling for each other, and their controversial wedding that becomes world news and a spread in Life Magazine. It is also a deep look into the coups and wars that leave their family without electricity and running water, as they struggle to keep their children safe and healthy. When it becomes too much, they flee to the United States, only to be greeted with scorn for their mixed-race children. This story of adapting to cultures, taking risks, surviving, and embracing differences will inspire the reader to venture beyond perceived horizons and see the world in a whole new light.”

Osborn, Donald Zhang (Togo, 1979–81; Mali, 1983–85; Guinea 1985–87; staff/Niger, 2000–), David J. Dwyer (Cameroon, 1963–65), and Joseph I. Donahue, Jr.

A Fulfulde (Maasina)-English-French Lexicon: A Root-Based Compilation Drawn from Extant Sources Followed by English-Fulfulde and French-Fulfulde Listings. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 1993. Library of Congress Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/92035325

Publisher’s Description: “The Lexicon brings together lexical material from a wide range of published and non-published sources to create an extensive compilation of the vocabulary of Fulfulde as it is spoken in that part of central Mali known as Masina (in Fulfulde, Maasina). The Lexicon is intended primarily for non-Fulfulde speakers who are learning the language at the intermediate or advanced levels and who need access to a comprehensive reference source on Fulfulde vocabulary. Scholars, development workers, and others whose research or fieldwork involves use of the Fulfulde of Masina may find it helpful as well in clarifying nuances of meaning and standardized spelling for the less familiar terms they might encounter. It is also intended that the present work, beyond the matter of organizing vocabulary, will contribute significantly to the expanding lexicographical and linguistic investigations of Fulfulde.”

O’Toole, Thomas (Guinea, 1963–65) and Janice E. Baker.

Historical Dictionary of Guinea. 4th ed. Historical Dictionaries of Africa, no. 94. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2005. Library of Congress Permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/2004021010

Publisher’s description: “Thoroughly updated and extensively revised, this 4th edition provides a very solid and substantial guide to a better understanding of this richly endowed but poorly understood nation. Students and others seeking information about the country will find an introductory narrative accounting of Guinea's political and economic history, a chronology that spans the earliest known history of the area to the present day Republic of Guinea, 400 dictionary entries covering the personalities and events that made contemporary Guinea, and an extensive bibliography of current publications.”