Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

                        Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born on 15 September 1977 is a Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories, and nonfiction.

• Her collection :-

       Novels :-

• purple hibiscus (2003)
• Half of a yellow sun (2006)
• Americamah (2013)

      Short story :-

• The thing around your neck (2009)

1) Talks on important of story / literature


                in 2008,adichie was awarded a macarthur genius grant. she was described in the times literary supplement as "the most prominent" of a " procession of critically acclaimed young Anglophone authors is succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to Africa literature." her most recent book, dear ljeawele, or a feminist manifesto in fifteen suggestions, was published in march 2017. According to me chimamanda Adiche's speaking skills is wonderful and she speaks very clearly. in this vedio chimamanda adiche  talls the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice and warns that if we hear only a single story of about another person or country. she talks about many things like: character, novel, books, coutry, place, culture, nature, she talks about "the things fall apart" written by chinua achebe. 


2) We should all be feminist


                We should all be feminists is a book-length essay by the Nigerian author chimamanda ngozi adichie. first published in 2014 by fourth estate, it aims to give a definition of feminism for the 21st century. we should all be feminists includes anecdotes and analyses about what it means to be a feminist. she argues that "feminist" isn't an insult, but rather a label that should be embraced by all. second video about the feminism. a very interesting talk on feminism that how social norms discriminate woman from men.

• she talked about physical differences. but that is not important.
• but masculine leads more than the creative, innovative.
• people told boy to be hard, not to feel fear.
• for the society a woman fails in marriage it means personal failure.
• weight of gender expectations
• socialization of gender roles
• caring child is responsibility of both man and woman.
• female should not be apologise to be  female.
• in marriage for man it sacrificing of clubs where as for woman it islike giving up of all the things.
• man has to think more than woman
• culture subordinates the woman but people makes culture.

3) Talk on important of truth in post truth era

•  Chimamanda adichie talk on truth and lie.
•  Truth is more important.
•  she shares her experience of lying in hospital in front of a    doctor about her height.
•  another is about traffic.
•  develop a courage to speak truth...
•  lie in politics consider as appropriate in America.
•  courage to embrace the truth
•  telling truth not because it always work out but you sleep well at night.
•  bending towards truth and to air on the side of truth.
•  not stop self to telling truth.
•  in politics telling truth will be courageous act.
•  never silence your self out of fear that the truth you speak might provoke.
• listen to the other side at least the reasonable other side.
• keep on trying if it doesn't work out try something else.
•  importance of self doubt and self belief.   

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