LEADER 03287nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910812663403321 005 20240314000613.0 010 $a9956-790-06-0 010 $a9956-790-19-2 010 $a9956-790-18-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000389497 035 $a(EBL)1220913 035 $a(OCoLC)853361159 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001159510 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11747571 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001159510 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11113294 035 $a(PQKB)11667561 035 $a(OCoLC)860716249 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28685 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1220913 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10721187 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL498948 035 $a(PPN)228012473 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88827240 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1220913 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000389497 100 $a20130625d2013 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGreener from a distance $estories from the diaspora /$fCharles Nfon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMankon, Bamenda, Cameroon $cLangaa Research & Pub. CIG$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (128 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-299-67698-7 311 $a9956-790-65-6 327 $aIntroduction -- American visa -- America here I come -- At the airport -- Identity relay -- Marriages of convenience -- Paul, the powerful -- Matt, the cheat -- What about a success story? -- To stay or not to stay -- Notes to the reader. 330 $aAlbert's life dream is to immigrate to the USA, to seek greener pastures. After several failed attempts, he finally gets a visa. Then he arrives the USA hoping for a bright and easy future. Before long he hears stories of desperation, struggles and a few successes. Desperation is portrayed by Mola aka Mboma who adopts a dead man's identity in order to stay in the USA and by Bruno who marries a US-born woman as his ticket to the USA, knowing fully well that she was leading a double life. Struggles are seen in Paul and Matt who have to work more than two times harder to barely survive in the USA. However, Samson, the surgeon is an example of a success story. Albert has to decide whether to stay in the USA, concoct a story for asylum and chase the dream that has proven elusive for many, or go back to his reality in Cameroon. Though the pasture may actually be greener on the other side for some, it takes a tremendous amount of work and dedication to keep it that way. Realising that the life in the Diaspora is not a bed of roses as portrayed by some Cameroonians, he decides to return to his modest job in Cameroon. Although this book could be considered a cautionary tale about immigration, it is also about the corruption that has overtaken Cameroon and its people. 606 $aAfrican fiction (English) 606 $aEmigration and immigration$vFiction 615 0$aAfrican fiction (English) 615 0$aEmigration and immigration 676 $a305.800973 700 $aNfon$b Charles$01627794 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812663403321 996 $aGreener from a distance$94105225 997 $aUNINA