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If anyone is wondering why he returned to where he was from I suggest to read the novel «Americanah» by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie which tells a story sharing at
by _nalply 8y ago
If anyone is wondering why he returned to where he was from I suggest to read the novel «Americanah» by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie which tells a story sharing at least one motif, perhaps. I suppose he felt alienated and was homesick even after decades of living in Europe.
- Tomte 8y agoAlso, he had close relatives still living there.
- ant6n 8y agoThe German wiki notes that as his mentors and friends died, live got more and more difficult on a personal and professional level. A marriage proposal ended in a lot of public racism against him, a campaign that culminated in the publishing of a series of a mocking poems against him (by another professor).