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“They Are Coming to Get Something”: A Qualitative Study of African American Male Community College Students’ Education Abroad Experience in Senegal, West Africa

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: This paper is a critical qualitative study of African American male community college students’ education abroad experience in Senegal, West Africa. Currently, there is a lack of research that focuses directly on Black men who are studying abroad. Using African American male theory as the framework, four major themes emerged: men to boys, challenging the notion of counternarratives, identity, and not-so-distant cousins. These themes point collectively to a transformative experience for the participants. Notably, the educational experience transformed the participants’ cultural, social, and racial identities, as the trip fostered a combination of vulnerability and safety that created the conditions for Black men to grow and transform.

Source: Frontiers The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad

DOI: 10.36366/frontiers.v34i2.610

Authors: Lawson Bush, Phyllis Jeffers-Coly, Edward Bush, Libby Lewis

Institutions: California State University Los Angeles, Cosumnes River College

Language: English

Topic: International Student and Expatriate Challenges

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4294120763

FWCI: 2.277

Cites: 40

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10