SUNY Ulster - Reuner Library Writers Series Presents Okey Ndibe
Name:
SUNY Ulster - Reuner Library Writers Series Presents Okey Ndibe
Date:
November 9, 2017
Time:
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM EST
Website:
SUNY Ulster
Event Description:
Thursday, November 9, 2017
10:15 - 11:30 am, College Lounge, Vanderlyn Hall
Free and open to the public
Okey Ndibe is the author of the novels Never look an American in the eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the making of a Nigerian American, Foreign Gods, Inc., and Arrows of Rain, and co-editor (with Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove) of Writers Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa. Janet Maslin of The New York Times as well as Philadelphia Inquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Mosaic magazine named Foreign Gods, Inc. one of the 10 best books of 2014. The novel was also included in National Public Radio’s list of best books of 2014.
10:15 - 11:30 am, College Lounge, Vanderlyn Hall
Free and open to the public
Okey Ndibe is the author of the novels Never look an American in the eye: A Memoir of Flying Turtles, Colonial Ghosts, and the making of a Nigerian American, Foreign Gods, Inc., and Arrows of Rain, and co-editor (with Zimbabwean writer Chenjerai Hove) of Writers Writing on Conflicts and Wars in Africa. Janet Maslin of The New York Times as well as Philadelphia Inquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and Mosaic magazine named Foreign Gods, Inc. one of the 10 best books of 2014. The novel was also included in National Public Radio’s list of best books of 2014.
