2011.02.23: February 23, 2011: Rachel Savané finds love during her Peace Corps tour in Guinea
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2011.02.23: February 23, 2011: Rachel Savané finds love during her Peace Corps tour in Guinea
Rachel Savané finds love during her Peace Corps tour in Guinea
Rachel Savané was featured in the book and tells how she and Mamadou fell in love. With only a short time left, she and some friends traveled to the capital, Conakry, to dance and have fun. Mamadou tagged along with a friend who had eyes for Rachel. But, it seems, Rachel had eyes for Mamadou. "She asked me to dance, but I didn't think about it," he said. "My friend liked her." As their relationship grew, Rachel helped Mamadou go to the United States while she stayed in Guinea with his family working with another organization. "She was afraid that I wouldn't be there when she came," he said. "Maybe he just wanted to go to America," Rachel thought. But he was at the airport waiting for her when she arrived. They married in 1993, and the couple have three children.
Rachel Savané finds love during her Peace Corps tour in Guinea
Lexington woman finds love during her Peace Corps tour
By Merlene Davis
Lexington businesswoman Rachel Savané not only forged new friendships while she was a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa, she fell in love.
A few months before her tour in Bangouya, Guinea, was to end in 1992, Savané, owner of Savané Silver in Lexington, met Mamadou Savané. The latter owns Sav's Grill and West African Cuisine, where some returned Peace Corps volunteers will gather April 1 to discuss Voices From the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers.
Rachel Savané was featured in the book and tells how she and Mamadou fell in love. With only a short time left, she and some friends traveled to the capital, Conakry, to dance and have fun.
Mamadou tagged along with a friend who had eyes for Rachel. But, it seems, Rachel had eyes for Mamadou.
"She asked me to dance, but I didn't think about it," he said. "My friend liked her."
As their relationship grew, Rachel helped Mamadou go to the United States while she stayed in Guinea with his family working with another organization.
"She was afraid that I wouldn't be there when she came," he said.
"Maybe he just wanted to go to America," Rachel thought.
But he was at the airport waiting for her when she arrived. They married in 1993, and the couple have three children.
Mamadou said he often tells students who come to his restaurant to talk with his wife if they are interested in the Peace Corps. If his children want to volunteer later, that's fine by him.
"Thanks to the Peace Corps, this place is here," he said, gesturing to his restaurant.
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