During episode 12, I'm speaking with Anastasia Bannikova, who served in Ghana from 2014-2018, as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer in Ukraine from 2018-2019, and is currently serving in Armenia. Anastasia was born and raised in Kazakhstan, and was taught and mentored as a girl by a Peace Corps Volunteer serving in her community. She has since become a naturalized citizen of the U.S. ----more----

Resources recommended by Anastasia about Ghana (and Africa in general): 

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński

All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou

Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

Resources recommended by Anastasia about Ukraine:

Borderland: A Journey Through the History of Ukraine by Anna Reid

Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine by Sophie Pinkham

The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov