Lexington Books
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Trim: 6½ x 9½
978-1-4985-0237-5 • Hardback • December 2014 • $136.00 • (£105.00)
978-1-4985-0239-9 • Paperback • May 2016 • $59.99 • (£46.00)
978-1-4985-0238-2 • eBook • December 2014 • $57.00 • (£44.00)
Julius A. Amin is professor of history at the University of Dayton.
Chapter One: Introduction: Setting the Context
Chapter Two: Antecedents of Cameroon Immersion
Chapter Three: Paul Biya’s Cameroon: Overview, Debacles, and Attractions
Chapter Four: Recruitment, In-Country Preparation, and Orientation
Chapter Five: Cameroon! Here We Come
Chapter Six: Living in Cameroon
Chapter Seven: Confronting Race, Elitism, and Privilege in Cameroon
Chapter Eight: Cameroonians Evaluate Immersion
Chapter Nine: Making a Difference
Chapter Ten: Conclusion
Appendix I:Names and countries of Immersion participants (excluding Cameroon) from 1982-2001
Appendix II: Immersion participants and years in Cameroon, 1995-2014
Appendix III: Questionnaire sent to former Cameroon Immersion Participants
The publication of Julius Amin's African Immersion: American College Students in Cameroon takes the emergent scholarly research on study abroad programs to an altogether different level.... The ten-chapter book with three appendices proffers some profound meanings and relevance of the study abroad concept, drawn not only from the author's expertise but also other scholars and think-tank groups.... Amin's book has the potential of being very useful for the orientation sessions of the good number of Study Abroad Programs all across U.S. campuses, as well as for student participants, their parents and friends, who may have any qualms regarding such travels to various destinations. Additionally, those who have completed the program in Africa as well as other destinations elsewhere may want to read it for comparative purposes or just to indulge in reminiscences. Finally, the book also provides useful information for the general reader. The forthrightness with which Amin discussed the strengths and shortcomings of the immersion program is as commendable as it is insightful.
— Journal of Global South Studies
Education for global citizenship and experiential learning are today trumpeted as among the defining goals of a college education, making all the more self-evident the value of study abroad programs as part of the undergraduate experience. Based on a detailed study of University of Dayton’s study abroad programme in Cameroon, Amin, a Professor of History at the university and faculty leader for the Cameroon program for many years, provides a nuanced and honest analysis of the benefits and challenges of study abroad programs. College administrators as well as students involved in or contemplating study abroad programs in Africa and elsewhere will profit from his effort.
— Dickson Eyoh, University of Toronto