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9780761829911

Being an African Student Stories of Opportunity and Determination

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761829911

  • ISBN10:

    0761829911

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-02-24
  • Publisher: UPA
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Summary

This insightful book explores the experiences of African students in the U.S. Using the personal stories of eleven African students, the book confronts the question, what is it like for Africans to leave their heritage and home, and become students in the U.S.? Being an African Student will promote curricula that is more effective and attentive to the needs of international students.

Author Biography

Samson Akinloye Omotosho is an Adjunct Professor of Nursing at Coppin State University and the Program Director for Optimum Health Systems, an outpatient mental health clinic and rehabilitation center for children and adults.

Table of Contents

Sound of the knocking shoesp. 1
The African studentsp. 11
Leaving home and becoming a strangerp. 19
Being in the U.S.p. 25
Concluding thoughtsp. 59
Now, what?p. 67
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