Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
What do you wish you had known about this particular city/country before moving there?
I wish I knew how inadequate the schools were, as I would never have subjected my children to AISC. I also wish I had understood the utter chaos of living in a largely uneducated population with no infrastructure. Guinea is a mess of a country. Child labor is a problem (despite others describing kids working as an “internship” program, let’s be real - it is actually labor). No political stability – currently there is a coup. No infrastructure (one of few countries without phone lines). No reliable power/water supply/trash collection for the local population. - Sep 2022
That it can be grating and aggressive and overwhelming at first, but that it’s constantly fascinating, challenging, enlightening. They say that Guinea doesn’t attract, but it retains. Lots of people come here without high expectations, and then end up deciding to stay longer than they’d ever expected to. - Jun 2021
I talked to people about the location before I moved here, so I wasn't surprised. - Nov 2019
The school situation. The lack of green space. The inability to enjoy the coast anywhere in the city. - May 2016
