Lesung (Englisch) - Uzodinma Iweala: United States of Ambivalence

Uzodinma Iweala (CAPAS Fellow and author of*Beasts of No Nation*and*Speak No Evil*, among others) will be reading from his currently unpublished collection of essays,*United States of Ambivalence*, scheduled for publication in January 2027.

(Book description by the publisher)

From the award-winning author of*Beasts of No Nation*and*Speak No Evil* comesan insightful and deeply relevant collection of essays about America as it stands today.

Known for his incisive understanding of race in America, Uzodinma Iweala delivers three incisive essays on our civil rights and how race affects all our lives—most notably today, amid rising bigotry and a raging culture war. A Black American of Nigerian descent now living abroad, Iweala is both a medical doctor and a novelist, and he combines his talents for analysis and literary storytelling in this thought-provoking and meaningful work.

Reflecting on the past decade, Iweala offers insights into the history of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as other contentious topics, including abortion, health care, sexuality, immigration, and politics. Powerful and well-informed, mature in outlook and devastating in its clarity and truth,*The United States of Ambivalence*captures the doubt, conflict, and uncertainty of being an American today. 

The event is hosted at the TANKTURM in conjunction with the CAPAS art and photography exhibition“INHABITING CRACKS AT THE END OF TIME – AGAINST ACCELERATIONS.”