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DESCRIPTION:celebrating the release of\n\nNever Look An American In The Eye: A Memoir 
 of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian 
 American\n\nfrom Soho Press\n\nOkey 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.\n\nOkey Ndibe first arrived in the US to take up 
 appointment as the founding editor of African Commentary, a magazine 
 published by the Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe. He has been a visiting 
 professor at Brown University, Connecticut College, Simon’s Rock College, 
 Trinity College, and the University of Lagos (as a Fulbright scholar). The 
 author of Foreign Gods, Inc., Ndibe served on the editorial board of 
 Hartford Courant where his essays won national and state awards. He earned 
 MFA and PhD degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He 
 lives in West Hartford, CT, with his wife, Sheri, and their three 
 children.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/06/18790922.php
SUMMARY:Okey Ndibe
LOCATION:City Lights Bookstore\n261 Columbus Ave\nSan Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/09/06/18790922.php
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