See. What People Answering My Name Are Doing...what are yours doing??? Akpan-Obong reads Letters to Nigeria… at Laterna LETTERS to Nigeria: Journal of an African Woman in America, a light-hearted and hilarious commentary on the Diaspora experience will have its first outing next tomorrow, Friday. It’s written by Dr. Patience Akpan-Obong, who teaches in the U.S. The event will hold at Laterna Bookstore, 13 Oko Awo Close, off Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. The author has promised that the first 20 people for whom the book is signed will receive a free tote bag and pen from the author. A similar event holds in Uyo on July 30. Letters to Nigeria: Journal of an African Woman in America is a collection of articles that Dr. Akpan-Obonghas written for “Medals,” a Saturday Punch column. It also includes new materials. Many of the entries in the book begin with personal stories from the author’s experiences in her multiple (and seemingly contradictory) roles as born-again Christian, feminist, political scientist, academic, writer, wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and simply,the average, everyday African woman in North America. There is, however, a universal resonance such that readers everywhere can relate to these stories and perhaps see themselves and their own experiences on the pages of the book. One of the strengths of Letters to Nigeria is therefore its ability to transcend all kinds of barriers — gender, age, race, ethnicity, nationality or geopolitical location. The result is that one doesn’t have to be a woman, a mother, academic or in the Diaspora to enjoy reading the book and perhaps learn from the author’s personal experiences and/or mistakes. The book, published in March 2013 by CreateSpace, an Amazon Company in South Carolina, U.S. is currently available in Lagos at Laterna Books (Victoria Island) and Glendora/Jazz Hole outlets in Ikoyi and Ikeja. Letters to Nigeria… is also available in Uyo, Calabar and Abuja.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:12:42 +0000
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