AFRICAN PILGRIMAGE AND AMERICAN SOCIAL IDENTITY

R. Smith

The Review of Faith & International Affairs, 2012, vol. 10, issue 1, 67-70

Abstract: The author led Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) student volunteers to Lesotho and South Africa in 1983, and then co-led a group of student volunteers in Sierra Leone in 1984. He returned in 1985 and 1986 as OCA's Africa Program Deputy Director. The author realized how his commitment to service and social bridge building was tied to his American social identity, and various encounters with Africans revealed that they viewed him primarily as a representative of America, regardless of his race. He also learned that although apartheid has ended, youth have a unique ability to bridge the racial separations that remain in South Africa and elsewhere.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2012.648393

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