Summary

Pages 46 – 61 describes Furo’s journey from the abandoned hotel in which he spent his first night as a white man to The Palms mall, where he met Igoni and Syreeta. When Furo woke up, the first thing he did was check if he was still white. After realizing that he was, hunger set in, so Furo made his way outside. Pedestrians stared at him with “open amusement” (47) as he washed his face and wandered aimlessly through the streets. Feeling the sun’s glare more potently than ever due to his pale complexion, Furo walked through Lagos until he reached a bus station in Maryland Junction. He decided to make his way towards Lekki, the affluent part of Lagos, because he hoped to escape the stares of the working class Nigerians. The air conditioning and distance from his family were the main reasons for...