African Son

By: William J. Hemminger

Write A Review

Paperback | 26 April 2012

At a Glance

Paperback
104 Pages

Age
22+

Grade
17+

Dimensions(cm)
22.48 x 15.19 x 0.71

Paperback

RRP $65.99

$63.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $15.94 with

Ships in 3 to 5 business days

African Son records the author's many trips to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer, Fulbright scholar, teacher, and traveler. 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.

Industry Reviews

African Son is one of the best travelogues written about African. Its fifteen insightful, well-written, and well-organized essays tackle important social, cultural, and philosophical issues such as social inequities, cultural differences, man and nature, death, and spirituality. The book skillfully blends honesty and realism: the author's feelings and attitudes towards the people and the land, as well as his scathing satire of human flaws. These exciting essays are 'objective writing' that depicts Africa-its merits and demerits-as well as the Westerners' encounter with the continent. African Son is a great contribution to travel literature, African literature, and nature writing. -- Christine Djockoua Manyaka Toko, professor of American literature, University of Yaounde I
These vignettes of daily life in various African countries and the experiences of ex-patriots provide insights about human agency, which most textbooks fail to convey. This book would make a great supplementary text that would provoke thoughtful discussion so often missing in university classes. -- Richard Bradshaw

Shipping

	Standard Shipping	Express Shipping
Metro postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Regional postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95
Rural postcodes:	$9.99	$14.95

Orders over $79.00 qualify for free shipping.

How to return your order

At Booktopia, we offer hassle-free returns in accordance with our returns policy. If you wish to return an item, please get in touch with Booktopia Customer Care.

Additional postage charges may be applicable.

Defective items

If there is a problem with any of the items received for your order then the Booktopia Customer Care team is ready to assist you.

For more info please visit our Help Centre.

You Can Find This Book In

Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Social Work Charities Memoirs Travel & Holidays Travel Guides Society & Culture Social Groups

Ethnic Studies

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Africa Overview Map	p. x
A Friend of the Family	p. 1
Grass	p. 6
Naming the Faith	p. 11
Toubab Diallo	p. 20
Exchange Program	p. 24
Missionary	p. 32
Native Speaker	p. 40
Dining in Africa-A Parable	p. 46
Out of Country	p. 56
The Dark of Heartlessness	p. 61
Curriculum vitae	p. 69
O, Christmas Tree	p. 72
Lost and Found	p. 75
Interaction	p. 83
Visiting God's Village	p. 87
Index	p. 93
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

African Son

At a Glance

Paperback

Industry Reviews

Shipping

How to return your order

Defective items

You Can Find This Book In

More in Memoirs

War Dog

Breaking the chains

Unbothered

The Art of Letting Go to Find Yourself

From the Ground Up

How to build a cult brand

I Wrote My Own Eulogy

The art of appreciating your own life

Drives A Bit Funny

A hilarious and heartfelt collection of car stories on life, laughs and lessons behind the wheel

Alan Joyce

Riding the Jet Stream

The Outrageous Good Fortune of Living

A guide to replacing religion with meaning and grace, for readers of Julia Baird, Stephanie Dowrick and Alain de Botton

An Ocean and a Day

A powerful and poignant memoir on grief, loss and hope, from the internationally bestselling author of The Search Party

Can You Handle a Girl Like Me?

She left the cult that raised her. Then she had to learn how to live.

Juicy

How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations

Nobody's Girl

A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

Getting Naked

The Quiet Work of Becoming Perfectly Imperfect

Being Patient

Close Encounters in Cancer World

Mother Mary Comes to Me

Longlisted for the 2026 Womens Prize for Non-Fiction

The Wilder Way

A Memoir of Adventure, Freedom, and an Uncharted Life

Said the Dead

The new book from the award-winning author of A GHOST IN THE THROAT

The Make-Believe

A memoir of magic and madness

Bob the Robin

A true story of the friendship between one man and Britain's favourite garden bird

Ghost Girl

The captivating coming-of-age memoir of surviving the Black Swan murder trial

The Good Cop

The True Story of Ron Iddles

Running Deep

An Australian Submarine Life

Strangers

A Memoir of Marriage

Ghost Stories

A Memoir - 'What a kind, honest book. What a gift of love' David Mitchell

I'm Glad My Mom Died

This product is categorised by

Longlisted for the 2026 Womens Prize for Non-Fiction