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Author Okporo, Edafe, author.

Title Asylum : a memoir & manifesto / Edafe Okporo.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, [2022]
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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  OKPORO, EDAFE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-OKPORO OKP    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 OKPORO, EDA    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG OKPORO, EDAFE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B OKPORO EDAFE O    Check Shelf
Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description vii, 211 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "A poignant, moving memoir and urgent call to action for immigration justice by a Nigerian asylee and global gay rights and immigration activist Edafe Okporo. On the eve of Edafe Okporo's twenty-sixth birthday, he was awoken to a violent mob outside his window in Abuja, Nigeria. The mob threatened his life after discovering the secret Edafe had been hiding for years -- that he is a gay man. Left with no other choice, he purchased a one-way plane ticket to New York City and fled for his life. Though America had always been painted to him as a land of freedom and opportunity, it was anything but when he arrived just days before the tumultuous 2016 Presidential Election. Edafe would go on to spend the next six months at an immigration detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey. After navigating the confusing, often draconian, US immigration and legal system, he was finally granted asylum. But he would soon realize that America is exceptionally good at keeping people locked up but is seriously lacking in integrating freed refugees into society. Asylum is Edafe's eye-opening, thought-provoking memoir and manifesto, which documents his experiences growing up gay in Nigeria, fleeing to America, navigating the immigration system, and making a life for himself as a Black, gay immigrant. Alongside his personal story is a blaring call to action -- not only for immigration reform but for a just immigration system for refugees everywhere. This book imagines a future where immigrants and asylees are treated with fairness, transparency, and compassion. It aims to help us understand that home is not just where you feel safe and welcome but also how you can make it feel safe and welcome for others." -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Okporo, Edafe.
Asylum, Right of -- United States.
Asylum, Right of -- Government policy -- United States.
Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
Political refugees -- Nigeria -- Biography.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Nigerians -- United States -- Biography.
Gay men -- Nigeria -- Biography.
Homophobia -- Nigeria -- Biography.
Asylum, Right of. (OCoLC)fst00819842
Emigration and immigration law. (OCoLC)fst00908736
Gay men. (OCoLC)fst00939117
Homophobia. (OCoLC)fst00959727
Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
Nigerians. (OCoLC)fst01037617
Political refugees. (OCoLC)fst01069678
Nigeria. (OCoLC)fst01205229
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies.
Added Title Memoir and manifesto
ISBN 9781982183745 (hardcover)
1982183748 (hardcover)
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