Interview with Kenneth E. Wilson, October 4, 2007
Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project
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Kenneth E. Wilson (Malawi, 1997-1998; Health Program) discusses joining the Peace Corps in his early thirties and his work as a child health educator in Malawi. He describes cultural differences, food, and his living situations in two villages. Wilson talks about his Malawian counterparts and his Peace Corps friend who encouraged him to make a quilt. He discusses being evacuated from South Africa, twice, because of illness and then being sent back to the United States. In addition, Wilson describes the impact of the Peace Corps on his life and his return trip to Malawi.Interview Accession
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Wilson, Kenneth E. Interview by Angene Wilson. 04 Oct. 2007. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Wilson, K.E. (2007, October 04). Interview by A. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Wilson, Kenneth E., interview by Angene Wilson. October 04, 2007, Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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