Ará'lúèbó: The Immigrant Monologues

A layered exploration of the immigrant identity through the voices of multiple Nigerian American characters.

The Yoruba word Ará’lúèbó (/ah—rah—loo—ay—bow/), as the book tells us, means “an endearing term for a native who has gone abroad, and/or is returning” or “a person who becomes a foreigner everywhere they go.”

In his debut poetry collection, KÁNYIN Olorunnisola showcases the expansiveness of the immigrant experience through the form of the choreopoem, a non—Western style of poetry tha...