African Son - Softcover

Hemminger, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761858431 ISBN 13: 9780761858430

Publisher: University Press of America, 2012

Synopsis

African Son is a record of the author’s many trips to Africa—as a Peace Corps volunteer, Fulbright scholar, teacher, and traveler—over the course of thirty years. 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 to a mock-curriculum vitae for a Cameroonian man whose skill-set is surprisingly extensive. A work of creative non-fiction, African Son describes individual and, later, family experiences in a number of African locations, from villages to major urban centers and from desert to thick, tropical forest.

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761858431
• ISBN 13: 9780761858430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108