[Never Look an American in the Eye 01] • Never Look an American in the Eye
- Authors
- Ndibe, Okey
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Tags
- memoir , biography
- ISBN
- 9781616957605
- Date
- 2016-10-11T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.62 MB
- Lang
- en
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.