Right after undergrad, I started doing low-level work on health issues in sub-Saharan Africa, and what struck me was the disconnect between… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
The first time I ever cast a vote in my 1992 Blessed Sacrament School poll, I voted for Ross Perot because -… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
It takes time for people to understand how, as an individual, I can have an impact on the way that society works. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
There are books that are made for you to sit and puzzle over and spend time with. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Our racial past and future is something that we Americans must address. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I've got to keep on writing. That's non-negotiable. At the same time, one has to look at the world and recognise that… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Memoir is a difficult literary form to pull off when dealing with discrete and poignant moments in a life, even harder when… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Every time a Hollywood director shoots a film about Africa that features a Western protagonist, I shake my head - because Africans,… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
It takes time for people to understand how to hold leaders accountable. — 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… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity. — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
