Books by Gus Udo

Lives observed. Histories recovered. Futures imagined.

Memoir, essays, cultural history, finance, social commentary, and Afrofuturist adventure.

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The books

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Essays

Collected Essays

A witty and thought-provoking collection spanning continents, family, love, work, injustice, ideas and the unexpected turns of contemporary life.

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Afrofuturist Children’s Fiction

Algernon & Ethelbert

#1 Trek to an Ancient Kingdom

Two siblings, their loyal dog and an eccentric grandmother race through time to recover sixteen looted bronze heads from the lost Udo Kingdom.

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Finance / Memoir

Tilted

Billion Dollar Blind Spot—Silicon Valley, Venture Capital, and the Greensill Caper

A personal and financial account of exclusion, venture capital pattern-matching and the human cost surrounding a multibillion-dollar financial scandal.

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Essays

The Plimsoll Line

Collected Essays and Tales of Love and Other Subjects

An entertaining collection of essays and tales shaped by the author’s unusual vantage point, humor and satire.

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Memoir

Oyibos

Memoirs of Culture Shock

A vivid account of a West African émigré’s half-century journey through Nigeria, England and America—and the unforeseen circumstances that reshape a life.

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