Never Look an American in the Eye

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

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Publisher's Synopsis

This memoir relates Okey Ndibe's move from Nigeria to America, where he came to edit the influential - but forever teetering on the verge of insolvency - African Commentary magazine. Recounting stories of Ndibe's relationships with Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, and other literary figures; examining differences between Nigerian and American etiquette and politics; exposing racial profiling; considering American stereotypes about Africa (and vice-versa); and juxtaposing African folk tales with Wall Street trickery.

Book information

ISBN: 9781616958633
Publisher: Penguin Random House Group
Imprint: Soho Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 212g
Height: 140mm
Width: 208mm
Spine width: 21mm