"Yeses" by Richard L. Davis

 – what would my family think about us living two years in central Africa?

It seemed futile to buck these chaotic, insoluble forces buffeting Zaire.

Richard (“Rick”) Davis retired from the Air Force in 1998 and lives in Elk Grove, California. He has an extensive professional writing history, including some non-fiction material published over the past 40 years. To transition to fiction, he studied with Amherst Writers & Artists and published his first novella in 2014. “Yeses” marks Rick’s fourth contribution to Personal Story Publishing Project anthologies

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Pronunciation Gazetteer

For the language challenged, Mobutu’s name, Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga, is pronounced:

Moe-BOO-two SAY-say SAY-koh KOO-koo ing-BEN-doo Wah Zah BAHN-gah …

Try it out loud three times fast. Good luck. 😉

Lt. Col. Richard L. Davis - (1991)

Rick Davis - more or less “today”