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Drawing the Map of Heaven : an African Writer in America.

The celebrated Nigerian writer Tanure Ojaide relates here his experience of living in the United States where he has been based teaching and writing since 1996. Drawing the Map of Heaven picks up where his earlier memoir, Great Boys. An African Childhood which charted his upbringing in Nigeria by hi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ojaide, Tanure
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Malthouse Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover page; title page; copyright page; dedication; preface; contents; 1. leaving home; 2. born to move; 3. black, but not quite black; 4. the walla walla year; 5. a nigerian southerner in the american south; 6. north carolina; 7. representative of a foreign state; 8. african family ties in america; 9. dimensions of difference, dimensions of sameness; 10. defining moment: the oj simpson case; 11. mind readers and thoughtful singers.