Whyteface

Years after the events in Blackass, Furo Wariboko has settled comfortably into the identity of ‘Frank Whyte’. He’s preparing to travel to Europe for his first-ever vacation outside his homeland of Nigeria, laying eyes at last on the land of the people who share his lily-white skin. Readers catch up with Frank and journey with him, from a chaotic Uber ride to the airport gone wrong to the many twists and turns of his riotously funny, painfully relatable travels to another continent. Strange and fabulous, surprising and moving, Whyteface brings us to the brink of contemplating the meanings of identity and history. Uproarious and bracing, this is a soaring return to form by ‘one of Africa’s best young writers’ (The Times UK).