The Peace Corps in Cameroon / Julius A. Amin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amin, Julius A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cameroon--Economic conditions.

Cameroon.

Peace Corps (U.S.)--Cameroon--History.

Peace Corps (U.S.).

Volunteer workers in social service--Tanzania.

Volunteer workers in social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In 1961, the first group of Peace Corps volunteers in Tanzania-surveyors, engineers, and geologists-arrived in Dar es Salaam with three core objectives: meet the newly independent country's needs for trained personnel, promote a better understanding of Americans, and promote a better understanding of the people served by the volunteers. The Peace Corps in Tanzania traces the program's progress, successes, and challenges, including analysis of the tensions that led to the program's closure in 1969. The program eventually resumed in 1980, which required significant changes in US-Tanzania relations. Lawrence E. Y. Mbogoni depicts a range of volunteers' experiences, including anecdotes about their training, their work and social lives in Tanzania, and how they readjusted to life back in America following their service. Although there are several memoirs by returned Peace Corps volunteers from Tanzania, this is the first scholarly study of the agency's history in Tanzania more broadly. Mbogoni draws extensively on archival resources, Tanzanian newspapers and government reports, and interviews he conducted with returned volunteers. The result is an engaging account of volunteers' contributions and a critical assessment of how successfully the Peace Corps has met its objectives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Beginning

2. The Establishment of the Peace Corps

3. Cameroon and Its Problems

4. Recruitment, Training, and Selection

5. The Volunteers as Teachers

6. Volunteers in Community Development

7. Living in Cameroon

8. Cameroonians Evaluate Volunteer Services

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-61277-057-6

0-585-24217-8

OCLC:

45730214