Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial: The Negro Conundrum

REVISED EDITION: Memoirs of An Extraterrestrial: The Negro Conundrum is a compelling and at times outrageous collection of fictionalized stories taken from the life and times of a reluctant messiah known as Homam, after he discovers—to his horror—that he has incarnated to Earth in the body of a Negro. Homam arrived to Earth’s shores in December of 1953, the son of a white mother and Negro father, fully conscious of his true nature as something other than what he appeared to be on the outside. Even his name came from a mysterious source. Growing up in a predominantly colored neighborhood, Homam was restless for a deep connection with others of his kind. But it wasn’t until his family moved to a predominantly white, redneck-oriented town in Maryland and he was bussed to white schools that Homam began to feel alive. His affinity toward white people contrasted with an inexplicable, searing dislike for Negroes—including his own father—that left him between two worlds. When confrontations with his father turned violent, it was during these fits of violence that Homam began to see beyond the physical into another place in time in his family's heritage. Memoirs of an Extraterrestrial: The Negro Conundrum is a balls-to-the-wall, take-no-prisoners adventure and an entertaining ride. But most of all, it is poignant and in the moment. Memoirs speaks to the race issue in a way no other work of fiction has ever dared, because what Homam must learn, as the result of his experiences, is how to embrace that which he hates the most: the terrestrial perception that he is just another Negro.