The Meeting of Two Great Minds!

Dear friends,

Last night (2/22/14), in Washington DC, still on his worldwide book signing tour with his latest novel Foreign Gods Inc., at a packed Politicians and Prose bookstore, Dr. Okey Ndibe (right) got one of the surprises of his life when he looked up and saw that the next person in line was someone who he had known since she was a child and had even spoken to her over the phone in recent years, but now was seeing her physically as a woman for the first time in many years, my oldest daughter Dr. Namandje Bumpus. The two distinguished scholars/educators struck a pose together.

One Love!

G. Djata Bumpus
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Dr. Ndibe's lates t novel "Foreign Gods, Inc."

Dear friends,

I'm "posin' 'til closin'", with my longtime, dear friend and brother Dr. Okey Ndibe at a Barnes & Noble store, on this past Saturday. Okey's latest, just released, novel titled "Foreign Gods Inc." has been receiving rave reviews from the New York Times and other major media outlets. We had planned, a few weeks ago, for me to hang out with him and his family in Connecticut, for my birthday weekend, especially since the dates coincided with his brief break of book signings and lectures from London to Los Angeles.

A native Nigerian and close friend and colleague of the likes of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka and the now late Chinua Achebe, Dr. Ndibe who is also an internationally-involved intellectual activist and scholar teaches a literature course at the Ivy League's Brown University in Rhode Island, among his many other varied activities. Pick up a copy of "Foreign Gods, Inc.". I sure grabbed a couple. Cheers!

G. Djata Bumpus
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