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...Uzodinma Iweala...
Calling those who commit acts of horrific violence “inhuman” does not do justice to their complex situation, Uzodinma Iweala ’04 said yesterday at a reading of his critically acclaimed first novel, “Beasts of No Nation,” in the Barker Center. More than 60 people turned out to hear an excerpt from the new work, which tells the story of a African child soldier. “The person who is doing the killing is still as human as you would be if you were in that situation...
...Uzodinma Iweala (U-zod-din-ma EE-wall-a), a 23-year-old Harvard graduate who grew up in Washington, D.C., has written an extraordinary debut novel, Beasts of No Nation (HarperCollins), that is basking in critical acclaim. The book tells the story of Agu, a child soldier in an unnamed country in Western Africa, who has been recruited by a unit of guerrilla fighters after watching his own father being slaughtered. The author visited Nigeria, where his mother is currently the finance minister, frequently when he was growing up, and lived there last year, working with refugees. We chatted...
...Uzodinma Iweala: It was not a fun subject to deal with. Primarily because you're reading about tons and tons of atrocities committed, and the people who are doing them are younger than you. To spend so much time with violence in general-I was not very happy for the majority of time I was trying to write this...
...machete in his hand, insects crawling slowly across his exposed flesh, is waiting for the order to kill. “You want to be a soldier enh? Well—kill him. KILL HIM NOW!”This sort of guttural visceral action characterizes the majority of Uzodinma Iweala ’04’s “Beasts of No Nation”; the rapturously reviewed debut novel is the story of Agu, a child soldier in an unnamed African country. “Beasts” was originally written as a creative thesis in Harvard?...