New Nigeria County, Clare Brown
New Nigeria County, Clare Brown
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Synopsis

“A stupendous full-cast, fully-realized production…Buffered in hilarity, Brown also provides a brilliant exposé of undeniable, inescapable inequity and injustice.” —Booklist (starred review)

Written and performed by TikTok star Clare Brown, New Nigeria County is a whip-smart, full-cast satire tackling race, gender, and nationalism in today’s world. When a white family moves into an affluent Black community, a “misunderstanding” between neighbors escalates until the entire town is swept up in the drama.

New Nigeria is a good, clean, all-American town. The husbands are smiling and handsome, the wives are strong, rich, and powerful, and Nat Turner High is the best public school in the state. Yet, the citizens of this idyllic community find themselves in a rapidly changing country and, to be perfectly honest, some of them are a teeny bit uncomfortable with it all.

When a New Nigeria community leader Carèn makes a frantic phone call to the local police about a “potential gang member” roaming her cushy Malcolm X Estates neighborhood, it turns out the boy is her new European American neighbor, Jake Smith, and the misunderstanding quickly becomes the talk of the town. While Jake’s mom, Meghan, is hurt by her new neighbor’s behavior, Carèn works tirelessly to preserve the safety (and the property values) of her beloved community. As the two women work toward their own version of equity, their conflict continues to escalate, setting off a chain of cringe-worthy confrontations that send the good citizens of New Nigeria into a tailspin.

New Nigeria County is a hilarious, razor-sharp debut, flipping the script to expose uncomfortable truths through wildly entertaining comedy. This dynamic audiobook, created for the listening experience, is perfect for fans of Abbott Elementary, Dear White People, and Such a Fun Age.

About Clare Brown

Clare Brown has been perpetually online since 2009 when she had one of the first viral fashion blogs called Clarabelle. She pivoted to short form videos in 2020, and her work has been featured in The New York TimesVICEPeople, and numerous local news stations across the country. She has amassed over 600,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok with her satirical takes on the not-so-micro impact of microaggressions. Clare recently started a popular book review podcast called One More Chapter with a fellow TikToker and narrated the premiere episode of the Honest History podcast.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonetta on August 23, 2024

the setup… New Nigeria is representative of an all-American town. The women are successful with stay-at-home husbands and children who are doing well in school. The affluent Black community is unsettled by a new white family moving into the neighborhood. When business and community leader Carén Walke......more

This was really fun! I love the author's TikTok skits and was curious to see how they worked into more of a full narrative. I think it was done pretty well, though I don't know how this would read to people who weren't already familiar with her body of work. Admittedly it's a little less funny- I th......more

Goodreads review by Maren’s Reads on June 23, 2024

4.5⭐️......more

Goodreads review by Linda on June 18, 2024

"Did you egg her house?" "I'm vegan I don't have eggs." "People are saying you called the police." "I don't even know the number for 911." After listening to the razor sharp New Nigeria County, by the brilliant Clare Brown, my son asked me what made me laugh so hard. I told him it was a satirical social......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 27, 2024

I will be diligent to never pronounce someone’s name wrong after this one......more


Quotes

"In this satirical audiobook, a full cast flips the script on privilege, race, and gender roles in an upper-class neighborhood called Malcolm X Estates. The narrators are deliberately over-the-top as they capture the many laugh-out-loud situations that take place when a white family moves into the Black neighborhood. Clare Brown, author and one of the key narrators, portrays Carèn, a Black woman of privilege who is ignorant about cultures other than her own. Her commanding tone of voice conveys her role as head of her household; Korey Jackson illuminates her husband’s low status in his own home. The dismissive way the Black characters mispronounce the names of white people and show off their superior status conveys this upside-down version of common discriminatory attitudes."

"The world [Brown]'s created in virtual snippets gets transformed into a stupendous full-cast, fully-realized production that’s (mostly) a guffaw-inducing delight. 'Mostly' because pretty much every situation has happened in real life, resulting far too often in tragedies due to racial, gender, political, and socioeconomic divides. Buffered in hilarity, Brown also provides a brilliant expose´ of undeniable, inescapable inequity and injustice."

"New Nigeria Country is a sharp satire--chock full of jokes but with something important to say. It escalates with the satisfying zip of a nighttime cable soap. I've been a fan of Clare Brown's videos for years and this gorgeously produced audiobook is a perfect platform for her voice."

New Nigeria County is a masterclass on unvarnished truths delivered hilariously. Anything Clare Brown writes has my undivided attention.” 

"Clare Brown's razor-sharp satire shines in this stunning debut -- Brown wields her wit and social commentary like surgeon's scalpels, every word a precise flip of the script, each more cutting and revealing than the last."