Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American

Author: Okey A. Ndibe
Publisher: Soho Press
Category: Biography: General, Biography: Literary, Memoirs, Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers, Social & Cultural History, Cultural Studies
Book Format: Hardcover

Okey Ndibe's funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential (but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency) African Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibe's friendships with Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, and tells of Okey's own development as a novelist; examines the differences between Nigerian and American etiquette and politics; recalls an incident of racial profiling just 10 days after he arrived in the US, in which he was mistaken for a bank robber.

About Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe first came to the US to act as founding editor of African Commentary, a magazine published by Chinua Achebe. He has taught at Brown University, Connecticut College, Simon's Rock College, Trinity College, and the University of Lagos (as a Fulbright scholar). He is the author of two novels, Arrows of Rain and Foreign Gods, Inc., and his award-winning journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Hartford Courant. Mr. Ndibe lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife, Sheri, and their three children.

SKU BK-9781616957605
Barcode # 9781616957605
Brand Soho Press
Artist / Author Okey A. Ndibe
Shipping Weight 0.3700kg
Shipping Width 0.140m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.210m
Assembled Length 21.300m
Assembled Height 2.300m
Assembled Width 13.700m
Type Hardcover

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