Author: Uzodinma Iweala

Quotes

There are books that are made for you to sit and puzzle over and spend time with.

There are books that are made for you to sit and puzzle over and spend time with.

- Uzodinma Iweala

Why do Angelina Jolie and Bono receive overwhelming attention for their work in Africa while Nwankwo Kanu or Dikembe Mutombo, Africans both, are hardly ever mentioned?

Why do Angelina Jolie and Bono receive overwhelming attention for their work in Africa while Nwankwo Kanu or Dikembe Mutombo, Africans both, are hardly ever mentioned?

- Uzodinma Iweala

Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity.

Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity.

- Uzodinma Iweala

Many great novels have shown a world torn to shreds by the brutality of war. To do so, their authors ground their texts in the details of destruction and decay.

Many great novels have shown a world torn to shreds by the brutality of war. To do so, their authors ground their texts in the details of destruction and decay.

- Uzodinma Iweala

Memoir is a difficult literary form to pull off when dealing with discrete and poignant moments in a life, even harder when seeking to narrate over 80 years of existence.

Memoir is a difficult literary form to pull off when dealing with discrete and poignant moments in a life, even harder when seeking to narrate over 80 years of existence.

- Uzodinma Iweala

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