num_pages: 210
description: Okey Ndibes memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to America where he came to edit the influentialbut forever teetering on the verge of insolvencyAfrican Commentary magazine. It recounts stories of Ndibes 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.
language: English
title: Never Look an American in the Eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American
publisher: Soho Press