Whyteface: A Novel

A pointed satire about a Nigerian on vacation in Europe, into the heart of whiteness

Four years ago, a young man named Furo Wariboko woke up one morning in Lagos to find that he had transformed into a white man. Except for his ass. Now well established with a good job, going by Frank Whyte and living in a nicely appointed house in the capital city of Abuja, he is ready to set off on a real vacation—his first trip outside Nigeria.

As Frank travels to Amsterdam, Oslo, and Milan, he finds himsel...