Uzodinma iweala and genevieve nnaji biography

Nigerian-American writer

Uzodinma Iweala (born November 5, 1982) is a Nigerian-American author and medical doctor.^[1] His debut novel, Beasts of No Nation, is a formation of his thesis work (in creative writing) at Harvard.

Uzodinma iweala and genevieve nnaji biography

It depicts a child soldier in an unnamed African country. The book, published in 2005 and adapted as an award-winning film in 2015, was mentioned by Time Magazine, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Times,^[2] and Rolling Stone. In 2012, he released the non-fiction book Our Kind of People, about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Nigeria.

He later released a novel titled Speak No Evil, published in 2018, which highlights the life of a gay Nigerian-American boy named Niru.^[3]

Iweala is currently the CEO of The Africa Center in Harlem, New York.^[4]

Family and education

Born and raised in the U.S.

with American nationality, Iweala is the son of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. He attended S