folder Paul Rippey's Booklets

Tole c'est pas tole a D.C. (si M. Rove le dit)Paul was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cote D'Ivoire "around the time of the Warren Harding administration", and worked for USAID in Guinea in the 1990's and wrote a series of infamously funny booklets with anecdotes about life in Guinea. He has generously given us permission to reprint them here. All articles are copyright Paul Rippey and are not to be reprinted without his permission.

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pdf Assault on Mount Kakoulima Popular

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Made it. After 3 tries.

pdf Betty's Birthday Popular

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Paul recalls his work as a Peace Corps volunteer, teaching "a French view of British culture to African children"

pdf By Helicopter to Boke Popular

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Reminiscences of Guinea Inter-Air, which has a "spartan attitude towards customer amenities, as you might expect from companies with Guinean-Russian management."

pdf Exploding Animals Popular

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Just what it sounds like

pdf Taxis Popular

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"Je n'ai pas de freins, mais Dieu est grand"

pdf The Agony and the Agony Popular

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Exercise in Guinea

pdf The Restaurants of Macenta Popular

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Or not.

pdf The Tata Restaurant Popular

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Italian food... in Labe?