#687 Author: Kouassi Pascal Soman
Publisher: iUniverse
Year: 2003
218 pages
Ivory Coast.
Soman chronicles his history from village boy to World Bank employee, using his own opportunities and obstacles to highlight some of the development issues faced by his community. More than many other memoirists, he draws attention to the role cultural values may play in community development, with the added credibility of his experience on both sides of the experience.
The initial chapters are more formal and somewhat stilted. My guess is that they were written last (and the number of word choice errors and typos supports this supposition). Bear with it until he gets to his own story, which is engaging and flows more naturally.
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