Drawing the Map of Heaven : An African Writer in America.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (118 pages)
Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 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.