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Carrying my father's torch : a memoir
- Title
- Carrying my father's torch : a memoir / Kalu Ogbaa.
- Author
- Ogbaa, Kalu.
- Publication
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Carolina Academic Press African world series
- Uniform Title
- Carolina Academic Press African world series.
- Subject
- Ogbaa, Kalu
- Ogbaa, Kalu > Family
- Nigerian Americans > Biography
- Immigrants > United States > Biography
- College teachers > Connecticut > New Haven > Biography
- Igbo (African people) > Biography
- Fathers and sons > Nigeria
- Christian biography > Nigeria
- Nigeria > History > 1960- > Biography
- Nigeria > History > Civil War, 1967-1970
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 14-1085
- ISBN
- 9781611634945 (alkaline paper)
- 1611634946 (alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2013029996
- OCLC
- 858914239
- Author
- Ogbaa, Kalu.
- Title
- Carrying my father's torch : a memoir / Kalu Ogbaa.
- Publisher
- Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2013]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Carolina Academic Press African world seriesCarolina Academic Press African world series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 14-1085