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

<p>In this episode, I'm joined by <em>New York Times </em>and <em>Wall Street Journal</em> bestseller, Uwem Akpan, as we discuss his book, <em>New York: My Village</em>. We discussed a number of topics, including:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>how to sustain your own culture in new cultural environments;&nbsp;</li> <li>the role of media in influencing and perpetuating hate and misunderstanding;&nbsp;</li> <li>ways that we can fill the gaps to building bridges of understanding in the diaspora; and</li> <li>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.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>To learn more about the author, please visit his <a href="https://www.uwemakpan.com/" target="_blank">website here</a>.</p> <p>--</p> <p>Links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/buildingafricasfuture" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/buildingafricasfuture</a></p> <p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd5a3JevPOusJzzFs6TWkBQ" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BAF - Conversations from the Diaspora</a></p> <p>Website: <a href="https://buildingafricasfuture.today/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://buildingafricasfuture.today</a></p> <p>Donations: <a href="https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bldgafricasfuture" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.paypal.com/paypalme/bldgafricasfuture</a></p> <p>Your support means everything: <a href="https://anchor.fm/bldgafricasfuture/support" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/bldgafricasfuture/support</a></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> --- This episod