Kidnapping causes a long-term rupture in the psyche of those kidnapped and of those who wait for their return. It doesn't end. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
The kidnapped person is so tantalizingly close, kept alive by a devastating hope. Kidnapping or hostage-taking is perhaps the most disturbing form of terror because it turns this hope into a liability that can paralyze. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Lagos is a fascinatingly infuriating place that its residents love - and love to hate. Licence plates on cars here proudly display the state… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Around the world, our cities are not the idealised open, accessible, and cosmopolitan spaces of our dreams. More often than not, they are sectioned… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
We grew up going to church, and I believe in God. I don't know that I have the ability to define what or who… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
I'm not a propaganda machine. I tell things how I see them. When I say, for example, that corruption is not the only thing… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
'Beasts of No Nation' began when I read an article about child soldiers in Sierra Leone during my final year of high school. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Reading 'Search Sweet Country' is like reading a dream, and indeed, at times, it feels like the magical landscapes of writers like the Nigerian… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
When somebody says that six million people died in the Holocaust, there is nobody in the world who can understand that. It's only through… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
I think, all too often, this society has too monolithic a definition of what a black American is. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Right after undergrad, I started doing low-level work on health issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and what struck me was the disconnect between how people… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Africa wants the world to acknowledge that through fair partnerships with other members of the global community, we ourselves are capable of unprecedented growth. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
The first time I ever cast a vote in my 1992 Blessed Sacrament School poll, I voted for Ross Perot because - Ross Perot. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Sometimes you just wanna go out, see your action movie, be done with it, come home. You know, and, like, you see 'The Matrix'… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
