q&a with okey ndibe. later, president obama holds a news conference in peru as his final trip overseas before leaving office. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] .> today on q&a, okey ndibe look an american in the eye is the name of your book. i have to know your story. [applause] it is one of my favorite -- [applause] -- i came to america in 1988 to find that my name became a sort of hilarity. i met this person in botswana. okey ndibeame was and he cannot stop laughing. he had gone to the grocery store and he said that it was funny. i see him put his card down the aisle. the woman said how do you like the snow? at first i said i don't like snow at all. i like it dry and warm. said, you have a next time, where are you from. he said botswana. she said is that in africa. he said yes. the woman started to talk to him with great interest. they talked for 12 minutes or so. the man says i can't believe you are okey. said is there anything that suggest that i am not okay? town.rd that you ar

. >> tonight on c-span, q&a with okey ndibe. later, president obama holds a news conference in peru as his final trip overseas before leaving office. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] .> today on q&a, okey ndibe look an american in the eye is the name of your book. i have to know your story. [applause] it is one of my

our guest is okey ndibe. thank you very much. okey: thank you very much for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> q and a programs are also available as c-span podcast. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] announcer: c-span's washington journal. coming up, next cannabis association cofounder talks about the future of the marijuana legislation effort. activists hope for cannabis regulation. goals andk about the brandon would like to see the chunk administration focus on. join the discussion. announcer: sunday on c-span's "q&a." announcer: coming up next, prime minister's questions at the british house of commons. then president obama gives a at the endeporters of an economic summit in lima, peru. and then another chance for q&a nidibe.hor okey she talked about the lack of a plan. she commented on the results of the u.s. election and relations with the new trial government. this is just over 40 minutes. mr. corbyn: questions to the prime min

"- in the ip o eye our guest is okey ndibe. thank you very much. okey: thank you very much for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q and a.org. programs are available at c-span podcasts. >> if you enjoyed this week's q and a interview, here are some other programs you might like. keith richburg talking about china and other countries he has reported from over the past 35 years. mbisa moyo and ishmael beah discussing his book. anytime orch these search our entire video library .t c-span.org next, your calls and comments on washington journal. ginaat 1:00 p.m. comment mccarthy speaks at the national press club. 3:00 p.m., former secretary of state madeleine albright and former national security adviser stephen hadley discuss middle east policies -- middle east politics. communicators,he former ftc commissioners robert mcdowell and michael cox on how the fec c

. ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, author okey ndibe. ian: never look an american in the eye is the name of your book. -- is the title of your book. but i have to start with the obvious. tell the story. okey: it is one of my favorite stories in the book. okey is a fairly common name in my part of the country. in 1988,me to america i found that my name became the stuff of hilarity. man fromi met this botswana. as we introduced each other, i okey, and hewas started laughing and said, you will never believe what happened. and i said, tell me. that he was pushing his cart down the aisle and a woman said, how do you like the snow? at first i said i don't like snow at all. i like it dry and warm. then the woman said, you have an accent, where are you from? he said botswana. she said is that in africa. he said yes. she said, are you okay? he said yes. the woman started to talk to him with great interest. they talked for 12 minutes or so. the man says i can't believe you are okey. and the man said is there anything that suggest that i am not okay

. ♪ announcer: this week on q&a, author okey ndibe. ian: never look an american in the eye is the name of your book. -- is the title of your book. but i have to start with the obvious. tell the story. okey: it

. >> sunday night on q&a, author okey ndibe talks about his book "never look an american in the eye." >> my uncle formed this impression from watching cinema, western, specifically, where these cowboys would gather together in a bar and exchange a few words, and we never understood what they were saying. but then at one point they'd stare each other down and start shooting. so my uncle found that impression that that's what americans would do to you, shoot you if you looked them in the eye. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >>> federal reserve chair janet yellen heads to capitol hill to testify before the joint economic committee. economists are looking for an indication of whether the central bank is likely to raise interest rates at its december 13th and 14th meeting. our live coverage at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> now a discussion on new foreign policy challenges

. >> sunday night on q and a, author okey ndibe. >> my uncle formed this impression from watching cinema, westerns specifically, where cowboys got to together in a bar and exchange a few words and never understood what they were saying but at one point they would tear each other down and start shooting. so my uncle formed that impression that that's what americans would do to you, shoot you, if you looked them in the eye. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> we are live this morning on capitol hill where federal reserve chair janet yellen has just arrived to testify on interest rates and the economy. she is expected to say that an interest rate hike could come relatively soon as she appears this morning before the joint economic committee. live coverage here on c-span 3. her testimony expected momentarily.

. >> sunday night onto a, okey ndibe talks about his memoir. >> michael krol for this impression from watching cinema, western specifically, where the tablet would gather together in a bar and exchanged a few words and we never understood what they were saying at one point they would stare each other down and start shooting. some angle formed the impression that that's what americans would do to you, shoot you if you look them in the eye. >> sunday night on c-span's q&a. >> that supreme court justice sonia sotomayor talks about the court, justice scalia and gender bias. she also addresses a question about the presidential election results. this is one hour 10 minutes. [applause]

i said my name was okey ndibe and he cannot stop laughing.e had gone to the grocery store and he said that it was funny. i see him put his card down the aisle. the woman said how do you like the snow? at first i said i don't like snow at all. i like it dry and warm. then he said, you have a next time, where are you from. he said botswana. she said is that in africa. he said yes. the woman started to talk to him with great interest. they talked for 12 minutes or so. the man says i can't believe you are okey. and the man said is there anything that suggest that i am not okay? i heard that you are in town. i heard you're into publishing. he said no, i am a graduate student. he said i am fine. then she said that i am really sorry that someone in town is okey. after that account, the man went away thinking that the woman wanted to pick him up. he said that he was willing to pick up -- be picked up. they came up with a story about somebody's name. the very next day, he met me. that is when cannot stop laughing. brian: how many people in nigeria wou