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Our experience as Black Peace Corps Volunteers in Madagascar, a country in East Africa
Hello, lovely people, and welcome to my youtube channel, Fervently Anchored. I’m Sydney! In this video, I recruited some of my Black Peace Corps Volunteer friends to speak on our experience as Black Americans and as Black PCVs in Madagascar. In this video, we cover 5 topics: How we were perceived, Highlights, Challenges, Experiences as Black PCVs within the Peace Corps community, and what being Black in Africa meant to us. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASEEEE watch to the end! The video is a little longer because I believe everything in this video was worth sharing!
Please know that this was not our entire Peace Corps experience, but we tried to speak on the topics, stories, and ideas that specifically focused on how being Black impacted our experience. There are many more highlights, bonding moments, and challenges that are not featured in this video. Also please remember that these experiences are unique to us and us alone. Another Black American in Madagascar could have had a completelyyyy different experience, as could a Black American in another country in Africa. We are just sharing what we know :)
If you liked this video, please COMMENT, LIKE, AND SUBSCRIBE!!! Oh, and SHARE!!!! Also follow me on IG: @ferventlyanchored . Also, follow Jennifer from the video @aroundtheblockwithjenni . Thanks, y’all!
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