Literature & Ideas
Landmark
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
born 1977
Half of a Yellow Sun, Americanah, and We Should All Be Feminists
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Why they are here
The most widely read Nigerian writer of her generation, whose novels and essays changed how the world reads Africa, race and feminism.
Born in September 1977, Adichie writes fiction, non-fiction and lectures, and is a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.
Americanah (2013) dissects race, immigration and gender for Nigerians in the diaspora; her talk We Should All Be Feminists reached an audience far beyond literature.
Americanah (2013) dissects race, immigration and gender for Nigerians in the diaspora; her talk We Should All Be Feminists reached an audience far beyond literature.
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