{"product_id":"to-my-grandsons-chikongola-obidike-ajuluchuku-linton-9798181038691","title":"To My Grandsons: My Stories","description":"To My Grandsons: My Stories is the memoir of Chief Chikongola Obidike Ajuluchuku-Linton, a man whose life spans three continents, two cultures, and more than seven decades of American and African history. Written for his five grandsons, this book is at once a family legacy document, a survivor's testimony, and an eyewitness account of some of the twentieth century's most consequential movements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in Harlem, New York, in 1947 to a mother active in the Pan-African Nationalist Movement, the author was transported to Nigeria as a young child as part of his mother's dream of returning her children to Africa. What followed were years of survival in an Igbo compound in Nnewi, Nigeria - years marked by hardship, escape attempts, and the extraordinary efforts of his uncle, Arthur Linton, to bring him home. He returned to America as a teenager, having crossed the Atlantic twice before he was grown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in the United States, he was drafted into the Army and served in Vietnam, navigating the complexities of military service as a young Black man of Nigerian origin during one of America's most divisive conflicts. After the war he pursued higher education, built a family, and dedicated decades to civic service and community leadership - eventually receiving the traditional chieftaincy title that bears his name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe memoir addresses topics rarely explored together in a single narrative: the Pan-African movement of the mid-twentieth century, the transatlantic experience of African diaspora families, child trafficking, the Vietnam War as experienced by Black servicemen, Igbo culture and tradition, and the meaning of family for a man who spent his earliest years without one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in the author's own voice - direct, observational, and deeply personal - the book preserves a living history that spans Harlem, the Caribbean, West Africa, Southeast Asia, and the American South. It is essential reading for students of African American history, the African diaspora, Vietnam-era military history, and anyone drawn to memoirs of extraordinary survival and resilience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chikongola Obidike Ajuluchuku Linton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798181038691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Chikongola Obidike Ajuluchuku Linton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084232663295,"sku":"9798181038691","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-my-grandsons-chikongola-obidike-ajuluchuku-linton-9798181038691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}