In this book Sonja Krause Goodwin recounts her experience joining the Peace Corps in 1964 and describes the training she underwent to teach in Nigeria at Columbia Teachers College in New York City. Goodwin tells readers about her service as a University teacher in physics while also serving as head of the Physics Department at Lagos University in Nigeria. She also describes her vacation travels during that time, mostly in Nigeria- including an attempt to climb Mt. Cameroon. She writes about her interactions with her students, her fellow University teachers and other University employees, her fellow Peace Corps volunteers and other expatriates, and Nigerians whom she met under during her travels. Goodwin also delves into the politically motivated "university crisis" that led to the exodus from the university and Nigeria of almost all the expatriate teaching staff of the university including the Peace Corps volunteers. She also discusses some of her work for the West African Examinations Council and the Aptitude Testing Unit in Lagos while waiting to be sent to another assignment for her second year in the Peace Corps.
Sonja Krause Goodwin is professor emeritus of chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Prologue: Joining the Peace Corps Peace Corps Training, June 18-August 19, 1964 Chapter 1: First Impressions, September 4-15, 1964 Chapter 2: Getting Started, September 15-October 4, 1964 Chapter 3: Beginning to Teach, October 5-November 1, 1964c Chapter 4: New Abode and New Steward, November 2-25, 1964 Chapter 5: Thanksgiving to Semester End, November 26-December 19, 1964 Chapter 6 : Christmas Vacation, December 20-30, 1964 Chapter 7: Start of the New Year, December 31, 1964-January 19, 1965 Chapter 8: My Own Honda, January 20-February 11, 1965 Chapter 9: The Two Weeks Before the Crisis, February 12-28, 1965 Chapter 10: Beginning of the University Crisis, March 1-19, 1965 Chapter 11: Continuation of the Crisis, March 20-April 6, 1965 Appendix 11A: Statement Made on Behalf of the Provisional Council Appendix 11B: Replay to Statement Appendix 11C: Other Documents on the University Crisis Chapter 12: A Trip to Cameroon, April 7-21, 1965 Chapter 13: Marking Time, April 22-May 16, 1965 Chapter 14: Some Extra Jobs, May 17-June 6, 1965 Appendix 14A: University of Lagos, Resolution Appendix 14B: University of Lagos, Letter to the Senate Chapter 15: Opening and Closing the University, June 7-28, 1965 Chapter 16: Getting Ready for Transfer, June 29-August 7, 1965 Glossary About the Author
