In 1492 Christopher Columbus stumbled upon these shores in his search
for a route to the spice islands of the Far East. Since then different waves
of immigrants have followed suite from other parts of the world and for
different reasons. Each generation of immigrants has had its own share of
encounters with the landscape, climate, and peoples. Navigating America’s
Contradictions is a travelogue of an immigrant from Cameroon in Africa,
a modest attempt to explore some aspects of life in America after September
11 America, meeting people, trying to bridge the digital divide and looking
for employment.
The author compares experiences in today’s America with past experiences
both here and in his native Cameroon, drawing similarities, highlighting
differences and attempting to dig below the surface for an explanation of
some of the observations
