Iweala, Uzodinma: *1982
Beasts of No Nation, 2005 - Information about the Book
- General Information
- The novel is about a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed African country. It depicts the war as a mesh of bestial pleasures and pain.
- Information from Wikipedia
- Information from Enxyclopedia
- Articles
- "Beasts of No Nation" explores the world of child soldiers. KCRW, Santa Monica; October 14, 2015 - loads slowly
- Review by Michelle Pauli. Guardian News and Media; April 3, 2007
- The Last Child Soldier: "For better or for worse, the political moment has passed. Where there once was outrage, now there is a kind of depressed complacency". Los Angeles Review of Books; November 11, 2015
- "Beasts of No Nation" explores the world of child soldiers. KCRW, Santa Monica; October 14, 2015 - loads slowly
- Author
- A conversation with Uzodinma Iweala about what’s breaking the continent apart—and what’s holding it together. by Robert Birnbaum. The Morning News; March 9, 2006
- Interview about the novel. "It was not a fun subject to deal with." Time Online; November 29, 2005
- Child Soldiers. "Beasts of No Nation was an incredibly hard book to write." Center for Global Development; January 21, 2010
- Interview found in Ventures. "I think as a writer, you spend all the time in seclusion putting your thoughts down on paper, trying to construct worlds, then examine issues, and create characters. But once you are done and ready to publish, it becomes an object or a story for someone else to interpret and interact with as they want to." Ventures
- Uzodinma Iweala discusses the novel
- Uzodinma Iweala talks about his book. Host: Hans Fischer. SwissEduc, Zurich, Switzerland; April 7, 2008
- Excerpted from this interview:
- Uzodinma Iweala explains how he understands the term "child soldier." SwissEduc ; April 7, 2008
- Uzodinma Iweala talks about the importance of informing the world about "child soldiers." SwissEduc; April 7, 2008
- An evening with Uzodinma Iweala: Iweala talks about his book. Host: Christoph Münger. SwissEduc, Zurich, Switzerland; April 6, 2008
- Uzodinma Iweala talks with Michael Silverblatt of how he arrived at the disturbing poetry of this powerful first novel. KCRW, Santa Monica; August 24, 2006 - loads slowly
- Uzodinma Iweala talks about "Beast of No Nation"