{"product_id":"9781483674667","title":"Initiation Rites: A West African Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn inquisitive, all-American grad student abruptly ends his protracted adolescence when a graduate art program lands him in West Africa during the explosive summer of 1977. His traveling artist workshops in Ghana and Nigeria deteriorate from a summer of anticipated light-hearted cultural inquiry to a gauntlet of survival. He cavorts with fetish worshipers, challenges greedy, often stoned soldiers, and dances with death, all in the name of higher education and accelerated maturity. He quickly sheds his \u003cem\u003elaissez-faire\u003c\/em\u003e persona, realizing he is not in Maryland anymore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlending humor and history, original pen and ink drawings, and stories that leave the reader wanting more, \u003cem\u003eInitiation Rites\u003c\/em\u003e is a fictional memoir that touches an adventurous spirit in all of us, that few have ever followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131445723376,"sku":"9781483674667","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483674667_p0.jpg?v=1763631767","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483674667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}