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Carrying my father's torch : a memoir
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Carrying my father's torch : a memoir / Kalu Ogbaa.
ISBN
9781611634945 (alkaline paper)
1611634946 (alkaline paper)
Publication
Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xviii, 288 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2014
Series
Carolina Academic Press African world series
Contents
Part One: A father's influence
Why we wrestle
My ancestors
My birth and early incidents in my life
Becoming a Christian
Part Two: The educational matches
The primary school years
Beyond the village
War days in Biafra
Postwar reconstruction
Starting a career and a family
Part Three: My American experience
Coming to America for graduate studies
Back home with the golden fleece
Part Four: My second coming to America
The sabbatical leave years
From permanent residency to citizenship
A second chance on marriage
Southern life
Conclusion.
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