2009.06.05: June 5, 2009: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: COS - Liberia: Jamaica Gleaner: Liberia RPCV Norman Muir Wolff writes: For me, Jamaica is utterly unique in the universe
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2009.06.05: June 5, 2009: Headlines: COS - Jamaica: COS - Liberia: Jamaica Gleaner: Liberia RPCV Norman Muir Wolff writes: For me, Jamaica is utterly unique in the universe
Liberia RPCV Norman Muir Wolff writes: For me, Jamaica is utterly unique in the universe
After getting a Bachelors of Arts degree at the University of California in 1976, I joined the US Peace Corps and served as head English teacher in rural Liberia. My duties included teaching modern African literature, including the work of Peter Abrahams, whose daughter, Naomi, was in my class at Priory. I discovered Camara Laye's Radiance of the King about a destitute white man who makes a pilgrimage to find a mysterious African king. The book is a metaphor for my own odyssey from Jamaica to West Africa.
Liberia RPCV Norman Muir Wolff writes: For me, Jamaica is utterly unique in the universe
Jamaican nostalgia
My younger sister, Jean, and I attended the late Henry Fowler's Priory School for two years - 1967-69. Dad was with USAID. A classmate in the United Kingdom is making it possible for former students to network online. For me, Jamaica is utterly unique in the universe. A great high point for me was a school trip to Whitfield Hall and a walk to Blue Mountain Peak to see the sunrise. The walk down the mountain in the morning light has stayed with me ever since.
After getting a Bachelors of Arts degree at the University of California in 1976, I joined the US Peace Corps and served as head English teacher in rural Liberia. My duties included teaching modern African literature, including the work of Peter Abrahams, whose daughter, Naomi, was in my class at Priory. I discovered Camara Laye's Radiance of the King about a destitute white man who makes a pilgrimage to find a mysterious African king. The book is a metaphor for my own odyssey from Jamaica to West Africa.
I hope to return to Jamaica and to the Blue Mountains in the future. Long live Jamaica.
Norman Muir Wolff
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