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 […]
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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 […]
Why Adichie’s Farafina Workshop Will Not Be Held This Year
There will be no 2017 Farafina Creative Writing Workshop. In an email to Brittle Paper, Chimamanda Adichie, who is Creative Director at the workshop, stated that “our sponsor, Nigerian Breweries PLC (NB PLC), abruptly withdrew their sponsorship due to a need to streamline their expenditure.” First held in 2008, the cancelled 2017 event would have […]
#TBT | An Ode to Makeup | The Full Transcript of Chimamanda Adichie’s Wellesley Speech
Our #TBT feature this week is Chimamanda Adichie’s Wellesley speech. Two years ago, Adichie gave the commencement speech at Wellesley College. It’s an insightful speech on the multiple dimensions of feminist ideas and ideals. She begins with an anecdote about her journey to loving makeup and goes on to explore the culture of privilege and […]
The Impossibly Dapper Novelist: A Look at Alain Mabanckou’s Style File
From Chimamanda Adichie’s widely-publicized made-in-Nigeria wardrobe to Teju Cole’s Ikire Jones scarves to Prof Ato Quayson’s fedora hats, fashion and style have become a new mode of self-expression among African literary figures. They effortlessly blend literary success and a love for style. In so doing, these writers have transformed the idea of the public intellectual into […]
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