I will be attempting to summarize 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕀𝕛𝕖𝕒𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕖 – A Fᴇᴍɪɴɪsᴛ Mᴀɴɪꜰᴇsᴛᴏ ɪɴ Fɪꜰᴛᴇᴇɴ Sᴜɢɢᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I am going to resume each number, in few sentences, as I understand it. It is not a question of analyzing the text here. I am just going to give the reader an opportunity to discover this beautiful text. Here are the two major guidelines to feminism according to the author: 1. 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗺:…
Chike Nwodo nominated me for the #bookchallenge, which means that for seven consecutive days, I will need to name and say something (briefly) about a book I have read. It is a challenge I have once taken up in the French language and which I enjoyed. So, I have gladly accepted it once more. This time around, I’m reposting (when I judge it necessary) a blog or Facebook post in case I…
The Igbo people of the Southeastern part of the Country called Niger-Area (Nigeria) by the British were once resilient and proud people. They believed in honour and good names. They were never known for giving-in to comfort and surviving for survival’s sake. Not only that, but they held firmly on their dignity and good name. They preferred dying to live under the guise of lies and slavery. History cannot forget the tale…
La 12ème édition des Journées Africaines a eu lieu du 28 au 29 Mai, 2016. Cette 12ème édition intitulée « tous ensemble » s’est focalisée sur la richesse des valeurs africaines, la paix, le respect et la solidarité. Elle était organisée dans le cadre de la journée mondial de l’Afrique qui a lieu le 25 Mai de chaque année. En effet, l’histoire de la journée mondiale africaine nous renvoi au 25 Mai,…
The long awaited Novel of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Americanah, is out. From the tips I have read so far about it, it is not just powerful but full of novelties and humour packed. Chimamanda, as all those who know her work will understand, did not forget to speak of hair styles and influence that hair types plays in every society. As a matter of fact, she made a very serious, deep…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in her normal way, has come up with another topic of great interest. She has thrown up a new debate that might not be welcomed by many, not just because it’s not true but because it’s so true that it cannot be easily swallowed. “We should all be feminists”! Chimamanda surely is not airing her view on feminism for the first time on this particulare moment as she has…
The long-awaited Americana is ready to be published on 11th April. From all indications, it will be a bestseller, as the author of The Purple Hibiscus took five years to coin this his newborn baby. It sounds sweet, as that will be his first book on America and his first about race. One of the features that he probably does not lack in his writings, whether the book has a Nigerian setup…
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has a wonderful talk about “the danger of a single story” that you can listen to, online. When you’re handed the first Hausa-language (spoken in parts of Africa) novel translated into English, you can get a sense of the perilous burden of that description. In an interesting misrepresentation, the publishers seem to have chosen to promote this sense of exotic uniqueness, blurbing the book as “quite unlike…
Just came across an article written by a mentor, Chimamanda, on an icon, Achebe that I will never cease to admire. It is a piece that all must read as it is an Eagle describing another Eagle. These are just too of those Nigerians that continue to make me dream high and higher. Chinua Achebe At 82: “We Remember Differently” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie I have met Chinua Achebe only three times.…
Another master piece is about to see the light of the day. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the author of The Purple Hibiscus, The thing around your neck, and The Half of a Yellow Moon is about to publish her Novel: Amaricanah. Chimamanda set to release third novel by NEHRU ODEH Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning Nigerian writer who shot to prominence with her novels, Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, is…
