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Idris elba nearly plunged to his death filming cary fukunagas beasts of no nation. Uzodinma iweala in this stunning debut novel, agu, a young boy in an unnamed west african nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Oct 08, 2015 buy beasts of no nation by iweala, uzodinma isbn. Beasts of no nation is a 2005 novel by the nigerianamerican author uzodinma iweala, that takes its title from fela kutis 1989 album with the same name. Then, analyze the creation myth that commandant tells agu.
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