Floating in a most peculiar way, Louis Chude-Sokei
Type
Label
Floating in a most peculiar way, Louis Chude-Sokei
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Floating in a most peculiar way
Oclc number
1159621291
Responsibility statement
Louis Chude-Sokei
Summary
"The astonishing journey of a bright, utterly displaced boy, from the short-lived African nation of Biafra, to Jamaica, to the harshest streets of Los Angeles--a fierce and funny memoir that adds fascinating depth to the coming-to-America story"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Future Legend -- Space Oddity -- Heroes -- Life on Mars -- Suffragette City -- Absolute Beginners (Part 1) -- All the Young Dudes -- We Are the Dead -- This Is Not America -- Young Americans -- Absolute Beginners (Part 2) -- African Night Flight -- The Man Who Fell to Earth
Classification
Subject
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography
- Nigeria, Eastern -- Biography
- Jamaican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
- Nigerian Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
- Nigerian Americans + Race identity
- Chude-Sokei, Louis Onuorah, 1967- -- Childhood and youth
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Immigrants -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American Studies
- Jamaican Americans + Race identity
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject11
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography
- Nigeria, Eastern -- Biography
- Jamaican Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
- Nigerian Americans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
- Nigerian Americans + Race identity
- Chude-Sokei, Louis Onuorah, 1967- -- Childhood and youth
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- Immigrants -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American Studies
- Jamaican Americans + Race identity
- Content1
- Author1
- Mapped to1