We knew this association was bound to happen soon. News came days ago that The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle is guest-editing the September issue of British Vogue, the most important issue of fashion magazines, making her the issue’s first guest editor in the magazine’s 103-year-old history. Turning down a chance to appear on the Peter Lindbergh-shot cover herself so it wouldn’t look “boastful,” the former Suits actress handpicked fifteen women to share it, among whom is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who, People reports, “caught Meghan’s eye in December, when she attended a discussion between Adichie and former First Lady Michelle Obama in London.”
The issue, themed “Forces for Change,” also has on its cover the world’s youngest female head of government in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, supermodel Christy Turlington Burns, trans icon and Orange Is the New Black actress Laverne Cox, British-Ghanaian supermodel Adwoa Aboah, rising South Sudanese supermodel Adut Akech, diversity advocate and lecturer Sinead Burke, The Good Place actress and body positivity advocate Jameela Jamil, boxer Ramla Ali, Crazy Rich Asians actress Gemma Chan, actresses Jane Fonda and Salma Hayek Pinault, ballerina and Cats star Francesca Hayward, Grownish actress Yara Shahidi, and teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg.
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“Forces for Change,” which will also feature conversations between Markle and Michelle Obama, Prince Harry and the primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall, will be on newsstands on 2 August.
It has been quite the journey from Adichie’s first solo feature in the most influential fashion platform in the world back in 2015 to this place on the cover of its September issue. Congratulations to her!
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