Benedict C. Nwomeh
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Never Look an American in the Eye
- A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American
- De: Okey Ndibe
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 10
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; and recalls an incident of racial profiling just 13 days after he arrived in the US, in which he was mistaken for a bank robber.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful
- De Benedict C. Nwomeh en 08-17-22
- Never Look an American in the Eye
- A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the Making of a Nigerian American
- De: Okey Ndibe
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
Masterful
Revisado: 08-17-22
I understand the anxiety about the narration being performed by a non-Nigerian, but honestly, Jay Fernandez did a damn good job; frankly, he did better with Igbo words than many non-Igbo Nigerians, LOL. His narration did very little to detract from the masterful work of Okey, and the rich tapestry it wove of the Nigerian socio-political experience, from the colonial to the present times.
Okey Ndibe is without doubt one of the greatest African writers alive today, arguably the 'inheritor' of Chinua Achebe's legacy.
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