Cambridge, MA: South End Press, (2008). First edition - An account by this award-winning writer, poet, activist and filmmaker of the five years he spent in South Africa and after his return to the United States. Winner of the American Book Award. "Fast-paced, critical, humorous, hilarious at times, 'Incognegro' asks provocative questions about post-Apartheid South Africa and post-civil rights America with all the passion, the drama, and the political clarity of a great autobiography. . .. a multi-layered narrative of a life molded in struggles for human dignity in America and Africa, at once a gripping story of racial politics and a biography of his soul." (Ngugi wa Thiong'o) 489 pp. ISBN: 0-896087832.