“Ifemelu would also come to learn that, for Kimberly, the poor were blameless. Poverty was a gleaming thing; she could not conceive of poor people being vicious or nasty because their poverty had canonized them, and the greatest saints were the foreign poor.”

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About Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian novelist and feminist writer, she has shaped contemporary conversations on gender and identity. Her work explores the complexities of African experiences through fiction and nonfiction, blending sharp social critique with vivid storytelling.

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