Akpan, Uwem

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Description: Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian Jesuit priest whose creative sensibility was influenced by the storytelling traditions of his culture and fellow villagers. His fiction is bleak and gritty, focusing on the harsh conditions of children growing up in Third World and war-torn countries. Because of the detail and emotion with which Akpan writes, his writing often reads like nonfiction. Start with: Say You're One of Them

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Description: Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian Jesuit priest whose creative sensibility was influenced by the storytelling traditions of his culture and fellow villagers. His fiction is bleak and gritty, focusing on the harsh conditions of children growing up in Third World and war-torn countries. Because of the detail and emotion with which Akpan writes, his writing often reads like nonfiction. Start with: Say You're One of Them