Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head - because Africans, real people though we may be, are used as props in the West's fantasy of itself. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I've had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
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 Image
'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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I think, all too often, this society has too monolithic a definition of what a black American is. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
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 in New York would speak about some of the issues people were facing. At the time, 2006-ish, there were a number of big media campaigns to raise awareness about HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share
Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
