One of the dominant trajectories of feminist debate in Nigerian consists of trying to prove what men can or cannot do. We are one of the societies with a very high religious consciousness, but who also, unfortunately, articulates less religious discourse around love. It’s often about prohibitions and financial breakthrough. Every aspect of our life: social, religious and cultural, slowly evolves in a particular pattern and regularly selecting who gets the pound…
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:…
Journaliste française : Est-ce que vos livres sont lus au Nigeria ? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : Oui Journaliste française : Est-ce qu’il y a des librairies au Nigeria ? Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : Quoi ? Journaliste française : Je demande parce que les Français ne connaissent pas. Ils ne connaissent rien d’autre du Nigeria sauf le Boko-Haram. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie : Bien, je pense que ça reflète mal des Français, de vous attendre poser une telle question. Ce qui vient d’être…
Courtesy of Glenn Nordquist There are those flights that when you come out from them you begin to understand better what «Safe journey» mean. I think I have come to understand it in a semi hard way today. At the end of my community experience in my new oblate province of service, I took Air Canada to fly back to my mission area. The flight was booked almost a month ago and…
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…
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…
I am happy to present you one of the latest speeches of my great mentor and literary model, Chimamanda Adiche. Just in her normal way of passing information, she has just done it, in this her speech presented in Nordic African Institute. I would not want to bore you with many words since any time you take in reading them will be a delay. Enjoy the company of this great Nigerian literary…
