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Features, Lit Scene March 26, 2019

Chimamanda Adichie at The 2018 Abantu Book Festival

A few days ago, Adichie shared photos of her time at Abantu Book Festival on Facebook. On December 7, 2017, Chimamanda Adichie was in Johannesburg where she headlined the 2018 edition of the festival. The event was a live chat between her and author, scholar, and feminist Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola. As usual, they talked feminism. Adichie […]

At the Purple Hibiscus Trust Workshop | Clementine Ewokolo-Burnley

There is water everywhere, a skyline, tall buildings, twinkling lights, pleasure craft behind locked gates. Leaning back in the taxi, I relax. I’m in Lagos, on my way to the Purple Hibiscus Trust Workshop. Twenty-two writers, ten days, reading, writing, critiques, eating, arguing, bonding. The email on November 7, which started with “Dear Clementine” and […]

Chimamanda Adichie Will Moderate Michelle Obama’s Book Event at Southbank Center

Michelle Obama has an event for her new memoir Becoming at Southbank Centre, London, and Chimamanda Adichie will be having a live chat session with her. The news was announced on Southbank Centre’s event page. As you can imagine, Adichie’s fans are beyond delighted. The event will take place at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall […]

Everything You Need to Know About Adichie and Trevor Noah’s 10 Minutes of TV Magic

Chimamanda Adichie appeared on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show hosted by Trevor Noah to promote her book Dear Ijeawele. This is not the first time Adichie and Trevor are engaging in live conversation before an audience. They talked art and feminism at a PEN event held last year. But it is the first time Adichie […]

On Adichie | From Bookshop Clapback to Post-colonial Theory Shade: What Really Happened in Paris?

On the 25th of January, Award-winning novelist and acclaimed feminist writer Chimamanda Adichie was in Paris to attend The Night of Ideas, a cross-continental cultural event held by the Institut Francais at the Quai d’Orsay. One of the events scheduled for the day was Adichie being interviewed by French journalist Caroline Broué. Broué is an […]

Meet Chimamanda Adichie’s Instagram Squad

Y Every woman needs a squad or what the feminist writer Bell Hooks calls “real sisterhood”—a band of women who support and share a collective vision. Chimamanda Adichie, herself a feminist, has a three-woman squad behind her successful Instagram account @chimamanda_adichie. She recently shared a picture of these smart, social media savvy women, describing them […]

Photos | Chimamanda Adichie Honored at Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards

Chimamanda Adichie recently attended Harper’s Bazaar‘s Women of the Year Awards. She was an honoree at the event and shared a heartfelt message on Instagram, thanking the magazine for what she describes as “an evening that felt like a gift.” Here is her full message: “Thank you Harper’s Bazaar for recognizing the full complexity of […]

Wole Soyinka Has a Lot to Say on Biafra in His Recent Essay

Soyinka’s recent essay, titled “War In Nigeria: Victory Remains Elusive, 50 Years On,” contains a lot of helpful insights on the Biafra question. Nigeria’s civil war of the late 1960s was re-introduced into the global imagination with the publication Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun. Chinua Achebe’s last book before his passing also […]