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Never Look an American in the Eye
- Author
- Okey Ndibe
- Narrator
- Peter Jay Fernandez
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 11 October 2016
- Run Time
- 8 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Memoirs, Biography: writers
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- Author
- Okey Ndibe
- Narrator
- Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duration
- 8 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 11 October 2016
- ISBN
- 9781501932212
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Memoirs, Biography: writers
Synopsis
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.
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