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Jamaica Kincaid sees writing as an “accompaniment” to the rest of one’s life. “You can do anything and still be devoted to writing,” the visiting lecturer in English says. Her thesis advisee Uzodinma C. Iweala ’04 is living proof of that belief—Iweala’s creative senior thesis was published as the well-received novel “Beasts of No Nation.” And if writing a novel during college isn’t impressive enough...
...avid reader of Agatha Christie novels, Okonjo-Iweala is also an aficionado of African art and Persian rugs. She loves Nigerian food and traditional music, her children say. Her desire to promote what Uzodinma calls “the cultural patrimony,” combined with her love of travel, has translated into her wildly successful career...
...Moving to Nigeria to become Finance Minister was a difficult decision, according to Onyinye, because it required Okonjo-Iweala to leave her family in Washington, where Uchechi was still in high school...
...Known to the world as a hard-working, strong woman, Okonjo-Iweala is known to those close to her for her charisma...
...Okonjo-Iweala loves light, Uchechi says, noting that his mom always turns on the lights if their house is ever dark...