All my Togolese friends are excited about the Obamas’ trip to Ghana. They’ve been asking me for weeks if I will go to Ghana to see him. They assume I have VIP tickets. It’s hard to explain that I’m not that important to the American government, despite my exalted role as a Peace Corps Volunteer.
After 10 years as a techie in the United States, Rebecca Hunt joined the Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa. She taught computer skills and business skills in a medium sized city. After 2 years in Togo, she moved to Accra, Ghana to work in a internet and mobile telephone startup.
