It's true that people will take advantage of you in Nigeria, but this happens everywhere in the world. — 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
Many great novels have shown a world torn to shreds by the brutality of war. To do so, their authors ground their… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
There is no African, myself included, who does not appreciate the help of the wider world, but we do question whether aid… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Africa wants the world to acknowledge that through fair partnerships with other members of the global community, we ourselves are capable of… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
European authors often write books about the rest of the world that profess a vision of shared humanity but fall far short,… — 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… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
I think the fact that we don't really... that the world really doesn't acknowledge how bad and how detrimental colonialism was; that… — 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… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
Washington, D.C., is not a subtle city. Unlike the capitals of other once-great powers which, many hundreds of years old, present a… — Uzodinma Iweala Copy Share Image
We are not living in the same world we were immediately after the Cold War, when there seemed to be a greater… — 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
