Call Me by My Rightful Name

By Isidore Okpewho

A young African American falls into periodic spasms and chants a text that nobody understands. His troubled family seeks help. The text, recorded by a psychiatrist and deciphered by linguists, is found to be a corrupted family chant from the Yoruba of Nigeria. The doctor advises a trip to that ethnic region. The spiritual voices that have been summoning Otis finally bring him to the spot where his ancestor was enslaved over a century before. Two years on, armed with a recovered identity and a chastened wisdom, Otis returns to the U.S. to join the 1960s civil rights struggle.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592211917
• ISBN13: 9781592211913
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"