A columnist with Sahara Reporters and the host of the online sarcastic TV show, Dr. Damages, Rudolf Okonkwo is the author of two books, Children of a Retired God and This American Life Sef, the latter being a potpourri of essays and short stories in one volume. He holds an MFA in Creative and Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State Professional. His latest offering, This American Life Sef, which has been winning rave reviews, is a book that presents a bleak picture of life in America, especially from an immigrant black African perspective. In this interview with HENRY AKUBUIRO recently in Lagos, during a brief visit to Nigeria, the author chose not to mince words in explaining the travails of the black African community in America.
It took you quite sometime after the publication of Children of a Retired God to come up with This American Life Sef. What happened in between?
What happened in between is called life. Life happened. Apart from changing diapers, making school runs, shuttles to piano lessons, birthday parties, play recitals, karate classes, soccer game, I also went to a seminary to become a pastor. I even started a church. It was a brand new church, one that I built from the ground up.
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