SIT Study Abroad: Cameroon: Development and Social Change
- Cameroon
About Program
In partnership with Dickinson College and open to all students, this program examines development and social change in Cameroon in the context of culture, politics, and the economy.
Cameroon, an ethnically diverse and rapidly changing country, is an ideal setting to study decolonial approaches to development. Alongside Cameroonian college students, you’ll visit NGOs working on a variety of social issues in Cameroon and learn from development experts and grassroots activists. Through excursions to visit the Bamiléké and Bagyeli ethnic groups and through modules on gender, dis/ability, Indigenous culture, language, and religion, you will discover the complex relationships between identity and development.
Spring semester students of French may enroll at Catholic University of Central Africa where you’ll have the opportunity to explore cocurricular university activities with Cameroonian students. Both spring and fall students may request a Francophone or Anglophone homestay.
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Diversity & Inclusion 💙
BIPOC Support
LGBTQIA+ Support
Neurodivergent Support
Accessibility Support
Program Highlights
- Study, play, travel, and socialize with Cameroonian university students, homestay families, and communities
- Examine development from Afro-centric perspectives with an emphasis on grassroots organizations and local communities
- Visit and participate in the daily lives of Indigenous and rural communities
- Put theory to practice through an internship with an NGO or an independent study project of your own design