{"product_id":"lutheran-mzungu-my-encounter-with-cultural-difference-teaching-in-tanzania-9781098026936","title":"Lutheran Mzungu: My Encounter with Cultural Difference Teaching in Tanzania","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLutheran Mzungu\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of personal cultural awakening when an American Lutheran professor of English volunteered for a six-month teaching stint at a Lutheran university in Tanzania and ended up teaching British Law. She quickly found herself to be \u003cem\u003emzungu\u003c\/em\u003e (stranger, white person, outsider) on multiple levels: racially (white), economically (\"first\" world versus \"third\"), professionally (English professor placed in the Faculty of Law), even religiously (American Lutherans often comport themselves differently than Tanzanian). While often awkward, the author's experience was altogether positive. Being an outsider puts one in a position of exclusion while simultaneously giving a better vantage point for viewing the differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking and traveling in a foreign country means adapting oneself to native culture for anything to be accomplished. Radius-Kasik tells her experience with humor and humility, exploring and honoring the differences. In her journey, relationships became friendships, and deepening friendships challenged her to find her way into a place and a people so unlike anything she'd ever known, and yet so very like everything she'd ever known. A conundrum for sure, but mixing cultures is always a conundrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLutheran Mzungu\u003c\/em\u003e is not a travel guide, but it might serve well for the reader about to embark on a first African experience. All a reader needs is an interest in exploring preconceived ideas about cultural differences between Africans and Westerners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13654836\"\u003eDot Radius Kasik\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Faith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781098026936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1098026934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV010000\"\u003eEssays \u0026amp; Travelogues\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christian Faith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43830729441419,"sku":"9781098026936","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_d9d6fff3-6266-41dc-a0d5-8c947720ddc5.jpg?v=1755584482","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/lutheran-mzungu-my-encounter-with-cultural-difference-teaching-in-tanzania-9781098026936","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}