Leopards at My Door: Peace Corps, Tanzania, 1966-1967

Harriet Denison joined the Peace Corps in 1966 and spent two years in Tanzania teaching at Bwiru Girls' Secondary School. At the time, Tanzania was a new nation full of optimism and challenges, much like Denison. Mixing details of her daily activities with her adventures, Leopards at My Door gives readers a sense of the life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa in the 1960s.Situated on Lake Victoria near the Serengeti, Bwiru Girls' School had regular visits from leopards as well as an array...