We Won't Budge magnolia says don't! and her attraction to a

and her attraction to a neighbor in her building at 13 rue Thérèse

to a career as a doctor on the front lines in Sudan

subject to the iron whim of ICE

and every so often

Even the skull in the jar talks to her like a jilted lover

We Won't Budge magnolia says don't! and her attraction to aIn this deeply personal and unflinchingly honest exploration of what it means to be African, Manthia Diawara recounts the bittersweet experience of an expatriate who no longer lives life as an "African" yet is the object of others' fantasies and fears about people of the dark continent. Comparing his fortunes in America with those of his cousins in Paris, Diawara assesses the way tradition and community give meaning to their lives, despite the