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Education, Tourism, or Just a Visit to the Wild?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

Mwenda Ntarangwi
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This paper is both a personal and an academic reflection on my work as a U.S.-trained Kenyan anthropologist directing a study-abroad program for American undergraduate students in Kenya. It is an attempt to address three main issues: First is to understand why students choose to come to Kenya and what they hope to achieve by studying here. Second is to get a sense of what kind of prior images and information these students have of Kenya and Africa and how this influences their interaction with Kenya. Third is to understand how I as a Kenyan anthropologist trained in America balance the tasks of cultural broker and teacher of students in Kenya as is demanded of my position as director of a study-abroad program.

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The Meaning of Study Abroad in African Studies
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African Issues , Volume 28 , Issue 1-2 , 2000 , pp. 54 - 60
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Copyright © African Studies Association 2000 

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