Never Look an American in the Eye by Okey Ndibe

Never Look an American in the Eye by Okey Ndibe

The author of Foreign Gods, Inc. and Arrows of Rain tells his own immigrant's tale, where what is lost in translation is often as hilarious as it is harrowing. 

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 thirteen 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.

Okey Ndibe teaches African and African diaspora literature at Brown University and is the author of the books Arrows of Rain and Foreign Gods, Inc. He has taught at Connecticut College, Bard College-Simon's Rock, Trinity College (Connecticut), and the University of Lagos (as a Fulbright fellow) after receiving his MFA and PhD from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He was also a member of the Hartford Courant's editorial board, where his pieces garnered national and state accolades.

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ISBN 13	9781616958633
ISBN 10	1616958634
Title	Never Look an American in the Eye
Author	Okey Ndibe
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Soho Press Inc
Year published	2017-09-12
Number of pages	224
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