Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, A Country's Hope

Our Kind of People: A Continent's Challenge, A Country's Hope image
ISBN-10:

0061284912

ISBN-13:

9780061284915

Author(s): Iweala, Uzodinma
Released: Jul 09, 2013
Publisher: Harper-perennial
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
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Description:

In 2005, Uzodinma Iweala stunned readers and critics alike with Beasts of No Nation, his debut novel about child soldiers in West Africa. Now his return to his native continent has produced Our Kind of People, a nonfiction account of the AIDS crisis that is every bit as startling and original.

Iweala embarks on a remarkable journey in his native Nigeria, meeting individuals and communities that are struggling daily to understand both the impact and meaning of the disease. He speaks with people from all walks of life—the ill and the healthy, doctors, nurses, truck drivers, sex workers, shopkeepers, students, parents, and children. Their testimonies are by turns uplifting, alarming, humorous, and surprising, and always unflinchingly candid.

Beautifully written and heartbreakingly honest, Our Kind of People goes behind the headlines of an unprecedented epidemic to show the real lives it affects, illuminating the scope of the crisis and a continent’s valiant struggle.












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