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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Marriage

born 1977 Nigeria

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The language of marriage is often the language of ownership rather than the language of partnership.

It was a joke. Ade Coker was laughing; so was his wife, Yewande. But Papa did not laugh. Jaja and I turned and went back upstairs, silently.

Purple Hibiscus (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.