Chigozie Obioma

Novelist

Chigozie Obioma teaches English and creative writing at the University of Nebraska –Lincoln. His first novel, The Fishermen, was a finalist for the Man Booker prize. His most recent, "An Orchestra of Minorities," is already on more than 20 national “best new fiction” lists.

	Can We Find Hope? Or Do We Need To Make Our Own?	Conceptually, hope feels big, amorphous, hard to define exactly. But for the past few months, "To The Best Of Our Knowledge" producers have been trying anyway. Scientists, activists, futurists, theologians, artists, authors all weighed in on what they think when they hear the word "hope."
	Why Nigerians Are So Much Happier Than Americans	Chigozie Obioma grew up in Nigeria — he’s a novelist and teaches at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. He says that despite rampant corruption, poverty, and an HIV/AIDS crisis, Nigerians are definitely more optimistic than most. He explains why.

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Chigozie Obioma

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