Mom when she learned I was reading Chimamanda Adichie’s, “Half of a Yellow Sun.”
*”The Republic of Biafra was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria. Biafra was inhabited mostly by the Igbo people (or Ibo[1]) and existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970. ”~wiki
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ChImamanda Adichie, my friend, Wendy and I when she spoke at our college. Fall 07
Big nerd moment for me.
Chimamanda Adichie TED, October 2009
“If you start the story with the arrows of the Native Americans and not with the arrival of the British then you have an entirely different story. Start the story with the failure of the African state and not with the colonial creation of the African State and you have an entirely different story.”
TED, October 2009 Chimamanda Adichie on the dangers of stopping at a single story of a place or people.
Have you wondered why reviewers and blurb-writers are quick to reassure readers that a book about Africa (usually one written by a Black African about Black Africans) is NOT JUST AN AFRICAN BOOK BUT IS UNIVERSAL, as well? As if ‘African’ and ‘Universal’ are mutually exclusive. Nobody ever informs the reader that a great English or American novel is universal because the assumption, of course, is that it is.
-Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Everlasting crush
reblogged from mzreport
One day Chimamanda Adichie & I will go on a date but until then I’ll go devour a copy of “The Thing Around Your Neck” and reminisce on the one time I got to hang out with her.
Naka On Wood Productions: Knock Here
Looks this good don't grow on trees
