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Uzodinma Iweala Quotes
Uzodinma Iweala Quotes
Uzodinma Iweala
American
Author
Born:
Nov 5
,
1982
Africa
Me
People
Think
World
You
Reading 'Search Sweet Country' is like reading a dream, and indeed, at times, it feels like the magical landscapes of writers like the Nigerian Ben Okri or the Mozambican Mia Couto.
Uzodinma Iweala
Country
Reading
Sweet
Indeed
Dream
Magical
Writers
Feels
Like
Times
Landscapes
Search
Nigerian
Ben
'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
School
Year
Nation
Final
Soldiers
Sierra
Sierra Leone
High
High School
About
Beasts
Read
Began
Article
Child
I suppose I'm pulled towards fiction because I really like the freedom it gives me.
Uzodinma Iweala
Freedom
Me
Gives
Towards
Suppose
Like
Because
Fiction
Really
Pulled
Like all things, cities must change - even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C.
Uzodinma Iweala
Change
Memory
Past
Cities
Must
City
All Things
Like
Enamoured
Even
Things
'Talking Peace' is one of the few books from childhood that I still keep prominently displayed on my bookshelf.
Uzodinma Iweala
Peace
Few
Books
Bookshelf
Talking
Still
Childhood
Displayed
Keep
Our racial past and future is something that we Americans must address.
Uzodinma Iweala
Future
Past
Our
Address
Must
Something
Past And Future
American
Racial
I think the more complex your idea of who someone is or who a particular group is, the less able you are to separate 'we' and 'outside' or 'us and them.' I think that that's something that we really, really need to pay attention to.
Uzodinma Iweala
You
Pay
Pay Attention
Group
Think
I Think
Complex
Able
Someone
Something
More
Outside
Attention
Idea
Particular
Them
Us
Really
Separate
Your
Less
Who
Need
Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity.
Uzodinma Iweala
Good
Writing
Medicine
Immediate
Solitary
Ability
Impact
Good Writing
Activity
U.N.-orchestrated gatherings are typically the death of all spontaneity and innovation.
Uzodinma Iweala
Death
Innovation
Gatherings
Spontaneity
There are books that are made for you to sit and puzzle over and spend time with.
Uzodinma Iweala
Time
You
Made
Sit
Spend
Books
Puzzle
Over
I think South Africa would be in a lot worse position had you not had visionaries like the Mandelas or the Oliver Tambos or the people there who came together after... both during apartheid and afterwards to create and structure their society.
Uzodinma Iweala
You
Together
People
South Africa
Think
Society
I Think
Worse
Visionaries
Would
Would-Be
Structure
Both
Had
Like
Came
South
Lot
Africa
After
Afterwards
Apartheid
Create
Who
Oliver
Position
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