African Son

Informationen zum Autor William J. Hemminger teaches English and French at University of Evansville in southern Indiana. He is also a poet, translator, musician, composer, and gardener. After graduating from Columbia University, he served in Senegal as a Peace Corps volunteer. Hemminger earned a Ph.D. in 1988 and since then has worked in Madagascar and Cameroon under the auspices of the Fulbright Program. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: William J. Hemminger, Hemminger William J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2012
• EAN: 9780761858430
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5843-0
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travel guides; TRAVEL / Africa / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Philanthropy & Charity, Africa, Travel & holiday guides, Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work, Travel and holiday guides, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs