Abstract
An influx of American students traveling to study or volunteer in Africa and other regions of the global South (Grusky 2000; Panosian and Coates 2006; Parker and Dautoff 2007; Roberts 2006), the success of several Hollywood films set in Africa (e.g.,Blood Diamond[Zwick 2006],The Constant Gardner[Meirelles 2005],Hotel Rwanda[George 2005], andThe Last King of Scotland[Macdonald 2006]), and celebrity philanthropy performed for Africa-related causes by Bono, Angelina Jolie, and Oprah Winfrey (Bono 2007; Z. Magubane 2007, 2008), all have contributed to a notable increase in young Americans’ interest in addressing social problems in Africa in