It is 2014. You are a Nigerian living in the United States. You are the parent of a U.S.-born child. The immigration authorities have given people like you the label of resident alien. This is the third country outside of the land of
Jola Naibi
Jola Naibi was raised in Lagos, Nigeria, went to school in the U.K., has lived in Switzerland, and now lives in the U.S. Reading and writing fuel her energy, and her first book, Terra Cotta Beauty, which was published in 2014, is a collection of short stories set in Lagos. She writes as she remembers.