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Michigan: Teju Cole

Teju Cole was born in Kalamazoo, MI, to Nigerian parents, and he returned to Nigeria with his mother shortly after his birth. Cole moved back to Michigan to attend Kalamazoo College, and he later wrote Open City, which is about a Nigerian immigrant.

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