Operation Crossroads Africa, 1958–1972

Kulturdiplomatie zwischen Nordamerika und Afrika

By (author) Katharina Scheffler

Book cover: Operation Crossroads Africa, 1958–1972

Extent: 419 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Cultural Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(May 2016)

ISBN: 9783515112857

6.1 x 8.98 inches

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Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) war in den sechziger Jahren die grosste in Afrika tatige private Freiwilligenorganisation. 1957 von dem afroamerikanischen Pfarrer James H. Robinson gegrundet und von John F. Kennedy als “Blaupause fur das Peace Corps” bezeichnet, initiierte OCA zahlreiche Hilfsprojekte in verschiedenen Regionen Afrikas. Zugleich diente die Organisation als interkultureller Kontaktraum sowohl fur Afrikaner und Nordamerikaner als auch fur schwarze und weisse junge Amerikaner. Auf der Grundlage umfangreicher Archivstudien und Zeitzeugeninterviews untersucht Katharina Scheffler die Anfangsjahre der Organisation. Sie beleuchtet ihre Grundung sowie die institutionellen und gesellschaftlichen Hurden, die es anfanglich zu uberwinden galt. Dabei stellt sie nicht nur OCAs Einzigartigkeit und Pioniercharakter heraus, sondern zeigt, wie James H. Robinson es verstand, Anliegen der Burgerrechtsbewegung auf internationaler Buhne zu formulieren, indem er Zielsetzungen der amerikanischen Kulturdiplomatie fur sich nutzte. Ein besonderes Augenmerk gilt den Erlebnissen der Freiwilligen selbst und deren Rolle als inoffizielle Botschafter Amerikas auf der einen und als Vorreiter fur interkulturelle Verstandigung auf der anderen Seite.

By (author) Katharina Scheffler

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