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About Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian writer
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer known for fiction, nonfiction, and lectures. She is a leading voice in postcolonial feminist literature. Her work crosses genres, but remains closely associated with questions of gender, power, identity, and the legacies of colonial history. She has become widely recognised for writing that speaks to those themes with clarity and force.
More from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (150 quotes) →Keep reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “Each of my novels has come from a different place, and the processes are not always entirely conscious. I hav…”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “There is, for me, as a black woman, as an African woman, a sense of possibility in America that I don't feel…”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “I often think that people who write a lot about poverty need to go and spend more time with poor people.”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “The educated ones leave, the ones with the potential to right the wrongs. They leave the weak behind. The tyr…”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Evolution: more sayings
- “Whatever the life form, evolution selects for economy of resources.”Gregory Benford
- “Well, protest is central to the evolution of black American culture. It was protest that really finally won o…”Shelby Steele
- “If you look at the picture of a beautiful bird eating a little fish, you will see two victims there: Fish is…”Mehmet Murat ildan
Feminism: more sayings
- “...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other thing…”Karl Marx
- “...I don't believe you should be a virgin when you get married,' Sera said. 'You should experiment. Men do''Y…”Melina Marchetta
- “Feminism is not only for women It's something everyone can participate in, and evolve together, as the first…”Ani DiFranco
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Books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Americanah
2017
Half of a Yellow Sun
2006
The Thing Around Your Neck
2009
We Should All Be Feminists
2015
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
2018