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Never look an american in the eye [electronic resource] : A memoir of flying turtles, colonial ghosts, and the making of a nigerian american. Ndibe Okey.
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 relationships with Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and other literary figures; examines the differences between Nigerian and American etiquette and politics; recalls an incident of racial profiling just 13 days after he arrived in the US, in which he was mistaken for a bank robber; considers American stereotypes about Africa (and vice-versa); and juxtaposes African folk tales with Wall Street trickery. All these stories and more come together in a generous, encompassing book about the making of a writer and a new American.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501930928 (sound recording)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (7 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick : Recorded Books Inc., 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Unabridged. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Peter Jay Fernandez. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 227247 KB). |
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| Subject: | Nonfiction. Biography & Autobiography. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. |
