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Unabridged. |
| Description |
5 audio discs (6 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical rdarm |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file rdaft |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Performer |
Read by Prentice Onayemi. |
| Summary |
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. 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. |
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Okporo, Edafe.
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Asylum, Right of -- United States.
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Asylum, Right of -- Government policy -- United States.
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Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
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Political refugees -- Nigeria -- Biography.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
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Nigerians -- United States -- Biography.
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Gay men -- Nigeria -- Biography.
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Homophobia -- Nigeria -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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Asylum, Right of. (OCoLC)fst00819842
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Emigration and immigration law. (OCoLC)fst00908736
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Gay men. (OCoLC)fst00939117
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Homophobia. (OCoLC)fst00959727
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Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
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Nigerians. (OCoLC)fst01037617
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Political refugees. (OCoLC)fst01069678
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Nigeria. (OCoLC)fst01205229
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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LGBTQ+ people
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Homophobia
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Audiobooks.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Onayemi, Prentice, narrator.
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| Added Title |
Memoir and manifesto |
| ISBN |
9781797140940 |
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1797140949 |
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9781797140957 |
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1797140957 |
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