Into Africa: Intercultural Insights (Interact Series)

by Yale Richmond and Phyllis Gestrin

Book Overview

This work explores the complex cultures of contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. It provides valuable intercultural insights for businesspeople, professors, trainers and development assistance... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877864579
• ISBN13: 9781877864575
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Don't Leave Home Without It!

"Into Africa, Intercultural Insights" by Richmond and Gestrin was recommended to me by an American teaching in sub-Saharan Africa. I read it in preparation for my own sojourn to Africa University in Zimbabwe. The authors paint a splendid view of pan-African culture and also point out, as much as possible in 250 fast-reading pages, some of the cultural differences within specific areas. The greater value, however, is not the well-written, snap-shot glimpse of African culture, but the differences to be seen by those of us who are products of North American social norms."Into Africa" is more than just a way to prevent social gaffs. It provides understanding of otherwise-frustrating experiences, an appreciation of African social roots, and, above all else, an understanding of ones own social/cultural background. Reading "Into Africa" is as essential to the Africa-bound traveler as getting all those nasty vaccination jabs ... and a lot more pleasant.