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 Read Quote
We are not living in the same world we were immediately after the Cold War, when there seemed to be a greater belief in the universality of human rights and there was enough prosperity to make us question why we had not committed more resources to upholding the values we claimed to hold most dear. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
The denial with which many African leaders and communities greeted the appearance of HIV and AIDS across the continent in the 1990s is now considered a tragic mistake rather than a purposeful pushback against lingering colonial prejudice. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
I’ve had great writing teachers and mentors and great success with my first book. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
I fundamentally believe that no one can teach you how to write – finding out how to write a story is part of the process of creating a story – but you can really learn through exposure to different writing, to different art forms, to different modes of storytelling, and with mentors who are able to get you to step outside your comfort zone. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
Like all things, cities must change – even a city as enamoured of the past and memory as D.C. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
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 the West should think about when they think about Nigeria, I’m not saying it doesn’t exist but that people have the complete wrong focus. There’s music, there’s art, there’s culture. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
My parents have raised me and my three siblings to be aware of the privilege we have been afforded and the responsibility it brings. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
It’s true that people will take advantage of you in Nigeria, but this happens everywhere in the world. Uzodinma Iweala Read Quote
