Lance Graef was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Somalia from 1964 to 1966. He taught history, geography, and economics in the Amoud Secondary School, one of two secondary schools in northern Somalia. Later, Graef also conducted research for a Somali government ministry in Mogadishu, the capital city in the southern region. In the interview, he talks about differences in culture between these two parts of the country. He recounts using his Peace Corps book locker as a lending library, and how he encouraged the students to break from the constrains of rote learning and write book reports. He also talks about encounters with Russians in Somalia during the Cold War. The interview concludes with brief recollections of his time as a Peace Corps staffer in Washington, D.C., as Peace Corps program officer in the Philippines, and then as a federal government employee and an international trade consultant. Interviewed and recorded by Evelyn Ganzglass, August 18, 2016. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).