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Uzodinma Iweala

1982 -
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country of citizenship:  United States of America, Nigeria
languages spoken, written or signed:  English, Nigerian Pidgin
educated at:  Harvard University, Columbia University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Harvard College, St. Albans School
occupation:  writer, sociologist, physician, filmmaker
award received:  John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Uzodinma Iweala (listen) (born November 5) is a Nigerian-American author and medical doctor. His debut novel, Beasts of No Nation, is a formation of his thesis work (in creative writing) at Harvard. 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, 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.Iweala is currently the CEO of The Africa Center in Harlem, New York. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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