Learning to See by Gary Engelberg

The author has lived in Senegal, West Africa for over fifty years. He is co-founder of Africa Consultants International (ACI), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that promotes cross-cultural communication, health and social justice. ACI has been a key player in the response to the HIV epidemic in Senegal and has worked extensively in reproductive health and the promotion of LGBT rights. In this volume of memoirs and short stories, he shares incidents that contributed to his growing understanding of the culture of this country that he loved at first sight and grew to love even more over the years. The collection contains accounts of real people and real events with some changes in names and details, as well as fictional stories with invented characters that are inspired by a composite of real events. This book is a gift that shares a treasure of cultural insights with anyone who may be interested in learning to see.