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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
RPCV-ACC-2020-006
Interviewee(s)
Porter, Christian Erek
Interviewer(s)
Browning, Ivan C. (Ivan Carroll)
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
Christian Erek Porter served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malawi from 2011 to 2013 as a management consultant in the environment sector. He did his language and cross-cultural training at Dedza University and in a village in central Malawi. Porter lived in a Tongan village near Nkhata Bay on Lake Malawi during his service as a management consultant to the Nkhata Bay Honey Cooperative. During the interview he tells how he spent the first four months of his assignment doing market research by traveling to grocery stores all over the country, watching Malawians choose which honey to buy, and talking to them about their choices. He then, with buy-in from the co-op's directors, put in place modern business practices and trained the directors on how to sell co-op honey at premium prices to return maximum profits to the honey farmers. Interviewed and recorded by Ivan Browning, August 26, 2019. 2 digital audio files (web streaming files combined into 1 file).
Date(s) of Materials
26 August 2019
Extent
2 digital files (audio; stereo; 93 minutes)
Deed Status
Deeded
Copyright Status
Public Domain (Donated to the United States Government)
Collection
Series
050. Malawi (Nyasaland).
Preferred Citation
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Collection. Malawi (Nyasaland). Porter, Christian Erek (2011-2013): Oral history interview
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Place(s)
Use Restriction Note
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Accession Number
ACC-2020-006
Transcript
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