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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
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- “'No Sweetness Here' is the kind of old-fashioned social realism I have always been drawn to in fiction, and i…”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- “I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. But I am also…”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Joy: more sayings
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Happiness: more sayings
- “Mother earth cried so much that she has pool of tears more than the land of happiness.”Santosh Kalwar
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- “Whether you are happy or miserable is completely a choice.”John Rzeznik
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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