African Immersion: American College Students in Cameroon
Book Details
Author(s)Amin, Julius A.
PublisherLexington Books
ISBN / ASIN1498502377
ISBN-139781498502375
AvailabilityIn Stock.
Sales Rank99,999,999
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Based on previously unused primary sources including extensive interviews in Cameroon, personal journals, diaries, responses to questionnaires, and a variety of secondary sources, this study is a critical analysis of U.S. study abroad programs in Africa. Using the University of Dayton Cameroon Immersion program as a case study, the work examines different aspects of experiential learning including selection, orientation, activities of U.S. college students in Cameroon, post-immersion meetings and impact. The nation of Cameroon and University of Dayton are uniquely ideal for the study as Cameroon is considered “Africa in miniature,†serves as a window to understanding many of Africa’s political, economic, cultural, and social complexities. Located in the American Midwest, the University of Dayton shares many similarities with other American colleges.
In short, the study expands the boundaries of scholarship on study abroad, and adds to the historiography of the topic. By comparing the impact of the African experience on students to that of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in that continent, the study opens avenues for a comparative analysis. Africa is vital to the global community, and with its complex political, economic, cultural, and social systems offers important lessons to understanding students’ ability to adapt to change in a rapidly changing global environment.
In short, the study expands the boundaries of scholarship on study abroad, and adds to the historiography of the topic. By comparing the impact of the African experience on students to that of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in that continent, the study opens avenues for a comparative analysis. Africa is vital to the global community, and with its complex political, economic, cultural, and social systems offers important lessons to understanding students’ ability to adapt to change in a rapidly changing global environment.
