A naive nineteen-year-old Nigerian student, Emeka, meanders through the chaotic streets of Lagos under uncertainties and insecurities, on his way to the airport, hoping to realize his lifelong ambition of traveling to America. When he arrives in America, landing at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, he quickly realizes that he is now in a new world, far from the life he lived in Africa, culture shock staring him eyeballs to eyeballs. Fifteen minutes after being picked up at the airport by his childhood friend, Ike, his host, they are arrested, handcuffed, and taken to the police department for suspicion of substance in Emeka's luggage. They are later released when police found out that the said substance is his foodstuff, and no apologies offered. Finally, Emeka seeks love on foreign soil and might find it in Nicole who he met at a laundry mart, but a miscarriage of justice and his arrest for crimes he didn't commit throws his future into chaos. Despite all his challenges and misconception of America notwithstanding, Emeka still persevered to pursue the golden fleece, earning his MBA and then his Ph.D. in pharmacy, happily married and become an American Citizen.
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978-1-956741-77-3 (9781956741773)
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Bona Udeze was born in Nigeria and now lives in the United States in Illinois. He studied Urban and Regional Planning, specializing in city design and development, and environmental policy and planning. His first book, WHY AFRICA? A Continent in a Dilemma of Unanswered Questions was inspired by his great artwork "Why Africa?" It helps readers to navigate the challenges of the African question. He is also the author of a novel, JUST ARRIVED: A DIFFERENT WORLD. It is a story of an African immigrant who arrived in the United States, with obstacles and culture shock starring him eyeballs to eyeballs.
