We still have space available for the 2010 Africa trip. Click "2010 site" below for information and an application!
Dr. Don Gordon of Furman's Political Science Department began the Africa program in 1983 and has taken students to Africa every other year since.
Originally, the Political Science and Religion Departments spent three weeks each in Africa and the Middle East. The Africa leg included only Kenya at first, but in 1989 Dr. Gordon began to include Tanzania.
In 2000, Dr. Gordon redesigned the Africa program significantly. Instead of traveling for three weeks in East Africa, Furman students spent six weeks in Southern Africa, mainly in South Africa. Dr. Gordon also invited Dr. Erik Ching of the History Department to serve as co-coordinator or the program. Dr. Gordon and Dr. Ching have led four past trips in 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2007.
Below are links to specific descriptions of the 2003 and 2007 excursions. There are no webpages for the 2000 and 2005 trips. Please browse the websites to find photos, itineraries, quotes from student participants, and selections from their journals.
The program will be going again in Spring 2009, the first year of Furman’s new semester system. Please click on the 2009 link below for information on the upcoming trip.