Author Tea: Patrice Nganang

 Patrice Nganang writes about his vibrant, animated youth in Cameroon, a period of upheaval and change in the country’s history and in his life.

“Scale Boy” is a memoir that brings great brightness and joy to the tumultuous years of discovering oneself and one’s community; though there are moments of danger and confusion in his story, Nganang aims to present a new vision of a young Black African man’s coming-of-age.

Patrice Nganang is the author of more than 15 books including the novel “Dog Days” for which he won the Marguerite Yourcenar Literary Award and the Black African Literary Grand Prize. He is head of the Department of African, African American and Caribbean Studies (Africana) at the State University of New York, Stony Brook where he teaches literary and cultural theory.

The author discusses his memoir “Scale Boy: An African Childhood” with Colby Cedar Smith. Book signing to follow.