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born 1977 Nigeria
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 15 September, 1977) is a Nigerian author and activist. She was described in The Times Literary Supplement as "the most prominent" of a "procession of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors that is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to African literature."
Nigeria Academics Activists Authors Educators Also known as: Americanah
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Men rule the world, and this made sense a thousand years ago, because human beings lived then in a world in which physical strength was the most important attribute for survival.
I know an unmarried woman in Nigeria who, when she goes to conferences, wears a wedding ring because, according to her, she wants the other participants in the conference to "give her respect."
Because we write fiction we mine our souls. Of course you put yourself into your fiction, your fiction is you.
The trick was to understand America, to know that America was give-and-take. You gave up a lot but you gained a lot, too.
The Thing Around Your Neck (2009)
What if in raising children we focus on ability instead of gender? What if in raising children we focus on interest instead of gender?
I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and for my femininity. And I want to be respected in all of my femaleness because I deserve to be.
Even if they believe something to be true or important, they do not say so because they should not say so
I meant to say I am sorry that Papa broke your figurines, but the words that came out were, ‘I’m sorry your figurines broke, Mama.’
Purple Hibiscus (2003)
How swift the moment is when your life becomes a different life.
Zikora (2020)
I believed then that love had to feel like hunger to be true.
Zikora (2020)
"A gorgeous pitless account of love, violence and betrayal."
Half of a yellow sun (2006)
"I cannot control even the dreams that I have made."
Purple Hibiscus (2003)
Bear it, that is what it means to be a woman...
Zikora (2020)
“Social media has reshaped the traditional power dynamic by giving some access to the powerless, it has also made it easy to mistake the loudest voices for the truest.”
Notes on Grief (2021)
“Show a people as one thing, only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become.”
"There are some things that are so unforgivable that they make other things easily forgivable."
Half of a yellow sun (2006)
So if it is in fact true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we must make it our culture.
"Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living."
“I’ve always been willing to take the consequences of speaking my mind. ... No, no, no. I said what I believe.”
Notes on Grief (2021)
"There are many different ways to be poor in the world but increasingly there seems to be one single way to be rich."
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