Author: Uzodinma Iweala

Quotes

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

Anybody who tells you they're not scared when starting a new book project is a very good liar.

Anybody who tells you they're not scared when starting a new book project is a very good liar.

- 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

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

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

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