Nigerian-English writer Christopher Abani has written a series of essays about his face. I learned fascinating things about Yoruba culture and language. A lot of Abani’s thinking about his face revolved around observations about how he is perceived by different people. He also dwells on the memory of his father. Abani’s writing style might be characterized as vigorous, with experimental elements like lists of “things that might not be true” and “this is hope”. He also reproduces text message exchanges between with his brother.
Kinship of all Species 