Beasts of No Nation is a 2005 novel by the Nigerian-American author Uzodinma Iweala, that takes its title from Fela Kuti's 1989 album with the same name. The book was adapted as a movie in 2015. The novel follows the journey of a young boy, Agu, who is forced to join a group of soldiers in an unnamed West African country. While Agu fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first conflicted by simultaneous revulsion and fascination with the mechanics of war. Iweala does not shy away from explicit, visceral detail and paints a complex, difficult picture of Agu as a child soldier. The book does not give any direct clue as to which country it takes place in, and it remains undisclosed. The book is notable for its confrontational, immersive first-person narrative. The theme of child soldiers draws on the author's Harvard thesis.
About Beasts of No Nation
A warlord played by Idris Elba recruits and trains children soldiers to fight in an African civil war.
Achievement of Beasts of No Nation
Based on the book of the same name, it was written and directed by Cary Fukunaga. Elba won Best Supporting Actor at the Independent Spirit Awards.
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Latest information about Beasts of No Nation updated on July 28 2021.
