African son [[electronic resource]] / William J. Hemminger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786116403321
• Autore: Hemminger William J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, Md., : University Press of America, c2012
• ISBN: 0-7618-5844-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (105 p.)
• Disciplina: 916
• Soggetti: Travelers - Africa; Africa Description and travel; Africa Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: AFRICAN SON; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Africa Overview Map; A Friend of the Family; Grass; Naming the Faith; Toubab Diallo; Exchange Program; Missionary; Native Speaker; Dining in Africa-A Parable; Out of Country; The Dark of Heartlessness; Curriculum vitae; O, Christmas Tree; Lost and Found; Interaction; Visiting God's Village; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: African Son records the author's many trips to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer, Fulbright scholar, teacher, and traveler. These personal essays range from sympathetic descriptions of village life in Senegal and Cameroon to detailed accounts of the rich physical and natural worlds in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Madagascar.