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

"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 ot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ndibe, Okey, 1960- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Soho Press, [2016]
Subjects:
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.
Autobiographies.
Anecdotes.
Genre:
Biography.
Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:210 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
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.