Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2016
I feel like every day is a new adventure and I’m just kind of this sponge right now, soaking it all in and hoping that I will be able to bring some of the things I’m learning back home with me ... just everything, sights, sounds, smells, tastes. It’s all so different and it’s just making me so thankful, again and again, that I did have the courage to get up and leave campus to come here ... because I’m living with families and I’m doing instead of reading about it or listening to a lecture.
1. The video was made with the cooperation of the following African universities: Université Nationale de Côte d’Ivoire, University of Dar es Salaam, University of Durban-Westville, University of Ghana, Kenyatta University College, University of Nairobi, University of Natal-Durban, University of Zambia, University of Zimbabwe.
2. Many Africanist scholars will recognize that Peter Schmidt, who is identified as a parent in the video, is also a renowned Africanist who directed the African studies program at the University of Florida.