Fans of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie may have heard that earlier this year, she gave a keynote speech at Chile’s Future Congress, an event that gathers notable thinkers to debate solutions like climate change and social inequality. Turns out that Adichie has fans all over Latin America — sometime in December 2019, we shared on our […]
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Chimamanda Adichie’s Literary Agency Calls Plagiarism Allegations “Delusional” and “False”
A few days ago, a youtube video accusing Chimamanda Adichie of plagiarism began circulating on social media, academic listservs, and whatsapp groups. The Wiley Agency, Adichie’s literary agency, just released a statement, which the author shared on her Facebook page. In addition to calling Giwa-Amu’s allegations “false” and “delusional,” Wiley revealed that Giwa-Amu had made […]
Chimamanda Adichie and Lupita Nyongo are BFF Goals
Chimamanda Adichie and Lupita Nyongo have a lot in common. They are currently working on a TV series. They are both award-winning writers, fashionistas, leading members of the natural hair gang, and have openly expressed their mutual admiration. They are also there for each other. During Nyongo’s visit to Lagos, Adichie played the role of […]
Novels by Achebe, Adichie, Okri, Gyasi, & Coetzee Make BBC’s List of 100 Novels That Shaped Our World
In 2018, BBC Culture polled literary experts around the world to “nominate up to five fictional stories they felt had shaped mindsets or influenced history.” They received responses from 108 writers, critics, journalists, academics, and translators from 35 countries, who selected novels, folk tales, poetry, and dramas in 33 different languages. We ran a piece […]
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 […]
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 […]
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