Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Archives

#MeToo movement ‘long overdue’ says Chimamanda Adichie

On January 27, 201812:56 amIn Newsby vanguard

The great global reckoning with sexual harassment is “long overdue”, says acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, but the feminist figurehead in Africa hopes it is not “a passing fad”.

Anti-gay law article: Reply to Chimamanda Adichie

On February 22, 20149:26 amIn Citizen Open Lettersby vanguard

Before I start I would like to ask you to ignore my grammatical errors. I’m not a writer so I have no reputation to protect in terms of grammatical errors. I write principally in response to your article on anti-gay law. I would really plead for your patience to calmly read my own view.

Adichie says bestseller helped recall painful Biafra War

On October 11, 20133:00 pmIn Showtime Peopleby vanguard

Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the bestseller “Half of a Yellow Sun”, said writing a novel about the civil war which devastated her home region helped people connect with a past that most no longer discussed.

Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun rocks Toronto film festival

On September 12, 201312:20 amIn The Artsby vanguard

It was a particularly momentous occasion for Nigerian art, especially the booming film industry as the highly anticipated epic and striking adaptation of Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Orange Prize-winning novel, Half Of A Yellow Sun, was staged at the 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) which is going on at the Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto, Canada.