New York, My Village: A Conversation with the Author, Uwem Akpan

Conversations from the Diaspora

In this episode, I'm joined by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, Uwem Akpan, as we discuss his book, New York: My Village. We discussed a number of topics, including: how to sustain your own culture in new cultural environments; the role of media in influencing and perpetuating hate and misunderstanding; ways that we can fill the gaps to building bridges of understanding in the diaspora; and how the main character in his novel navigated the experience of being a minority among minorities in both the U.S. and his home country of Nigeria. To learn more about the author, please visit his website here. -- Links: https://linktr.ee/buildingafricasfuture YouTube: BAF - Conversations from the Diaspora Website: https://buildingafricasfuture.today Donations: www.paypal.com/paypalme/bldgafricasfuture Your support means everything: https://anchor.fm/bldgafricasfuture/support --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bldgafricasfuture/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bldgafricasfuture/support