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Author Ndibe, Okey, 1960- author.

Title Never look an American in the eye : a memoir : flying turtles, colonial ghosts, and the making of a Nigerian American / Okey Ndibe.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Soho Press, 2016.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 NDIBE    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY NDIBE    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. NDIBE, O.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  B NDIBE, OKEY    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO NDIBE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  B NDIBE, OKEY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 NDIBE, OKE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B NDIBE, O.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B NDIBE    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  B NDIBE    Check Shelf

Description 210 pages ; 22 cm
Contents English dreams, communist fantasies, and American wrestling -- Never look an American in the eye -- My commission and a chilly American reception -- Sleepless in New York -- Nigerian, going Dutch -- Fitting the description -- Are you okay? -- A Norwegian "Okay" interlude -- On a croc's back, America-bound -- Will edit for food -- Lying to be a writer -- Writing, reading, food, some ass kicking -- A brand-new American -- An African folktale, a Wall Street lesson -- A dying father, dreams of Burma and England -- Wole Soyinka saves my Christmas -- Crashing a party, changing hearts.
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Ndibe, Okey, 1960-
Authors, Nigerian -- 21st century -- Biography.
Novelists, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Nigerian Americans -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
Nigeria -- Civilization -- 21st century -- Anecdotes.
United States -- Civilization -- 21st century -- Anecdotes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.
ISBN 9781616957605 (hardback)
1616957603 (hardback)
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