Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
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“I think of myself as a writer and a story teller. That’s the thing I really do. I think that’s the reason I am living. I really need to believe that. And it’s a thing that gives my life meaning, it is something I want to be doing until I no longer can. If I can’t write I don’t want to live. But one thing my writing has done is that it has given me a platform,”
thenewsnigeria Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie maintained
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“I have writer friends with elaborate and exciting stories about how they came to writing, but I just don’t have that. I wrote from when I was six. Even then I knew that this was something that truly mattered to me. When I was ten, though I had a lot of friends, I remember looking forward to when I could go up to my father’s study and be alone and write. It was considered something odd for me to want to do when it was sunny outside. Now, as an adult, I realize it’s what I care about. It gives me a sense that this is what I am meant to be doing”
thenewsnigeria Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
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“I’m a storyteller—that’s all I want to be; that’s really the only thing that I do relatively well, tell stories. But I also realize it would be dishonest for me to say that I’m just a writer and it doesn’t matter, and my stories don’t mean anything. Maybe in a fantasy world, yes. But one has to be realistic. I’m writing about a place of scarce resources. I’m telling stories that are set in recognizable places, and a lot of things there are contested. I realize that my fiction becomes political, whether or not one intends it to be. There is a sense in which I accept that, but I don’t let that define me and define my work,”
thenewsnigeria Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie told
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“There is a deeply politicized feeling among many Nigerians that Biafra should be forgotten, that we should all behave as if it never happened and that those who do bring it up are troublemakers, or secessionists or whatever. Biafra is a very important part of our history, and many of the issues surrounding the war are still unresolved, but what worries me most is that we seem to think these issues will go away if we simply pretend they are not there,”
thenewsnigeria Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
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“I very much appreciate the honour of the Africa Freedom Prize. It is always gratifying to be recognised, and particularly so in this case, to join the good company of others who share my commitment to our beloved continent,”
dailymaverick Sunday, December 20, 2020 2:22:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
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“I very much appreciate the honour of The Africa Freedom Prize. It is always gratifying to be recognised, and particularly so in this case, to join the good company of others who share my commitment to our beloved continent,”
ngrguardiannews Friday, December 11, 2020 2:16:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie observes
:
"acknowledges his shortcomings as a husband, he mourns his mistakes and broods still on his choice of words during the first Democratic primaries,"
newsday-USA Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes
:
"So much is still at a polished remove," "It is as if, because he is leery of exaggerated emotion, emotion itself is tamped down"
newsday-USA Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:20:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie observes
:
“acknowledges his shortcomings as a husband, he mourns his mistakes and broods still on his choice of words during the first Democratic primaries,”
gulf-times Thursday, November 26, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes
:
“So much is still at a polished remove,” “It is as if, because he is leery of exaggerated emotion, emotion itself is tamped down”
gulf-times Thursday, November 26, 2020 10:12:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie finds
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“resolving the lingering questions of [his] racial identity,”
news-yahoo-in Saturday, November 14, 2020 1:41:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says
:
“It is impossible to talk about her, about what’s happened today, without thinking about what might happen in four or eight years – that she might in fact become president,” “Even if just for the symbolism of it, because the symbolic nature of leadership is important”
guardian Saturday, November 14, 2020 12:51:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie added
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“I’m not entirely sure of its inability to understand or an unwillingness to understand because I do think there is a wide divide between this generation of Nigerians and the generation of people in power. I also think there is still very much a sense of what our military history is,”
guardian-ng Saturday, November 14, 2020 7:36:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
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"I'm especially moved to be voted Winner of Winners because this is the prize that first brought a wide readership to my work, and has also introduced me to the work of many talented writers"
AfricaNews-English Thursday, November 12, 2020 4:40:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
:
"I'm especially moved to be voted Winner of Winners because this is the prize that first brought a wide readership to my work - and has also introduced me to the work of many talented writers"
bbc Thursday, November 12, 2020 1:43:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
:
"I'm especially moved to be voted Winner of Winners because this is the prize that first brought a wide readership to my work - and has also introduced me to the work of many talented writers"
yahoo-au Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:56:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie suggested
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“maybe it’s time to just scrap the word ‘racist.’ Find something new. Like Racial Disorder Syndrome. And we could have different categories for sufferers of this syndrome: mild, medium and acute”
nytimes Saturday, August 1, 2020 2:11:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
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“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture”
dailymaverick Monday, June 22, 2020 3:44:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie asked
:
“Don’t we all write about love?”
forbes Thursday, March 19, 2020 7:28:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
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“We came to see you to know exactly what happened. This has been very upsetting to all of us…all we are fighting for is truth and justice,”
dailytimes-NG Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:32:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote
:
“Today Abba people live in fear. Rumours swirl every day. Somebody says there is a list of Abba people to be arrested. Another says the police are coming from Abuja to arrest the town union members. Another says the community school, partly located on the disputed land, will be completely demolished. Some fearful parents keep their children home from school. When a big car with tinted windows drives through Abba, the people worry. Some men skulk away. Who will be arrested today? Who will be harassed? Who will sleep in a cell tonight?”
dailytimes-NG Sunday, January 19, 2020 9:32:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said
:
“Lagos has been a wonderful and hospitable home for my writing workshop these past ten years,” “But I now want from time to time to move the venue to different places and it’s not surprising that I want to start with my own beloved home state of Anambra”
vanguardngr Monday, December 9, 2019 10:35:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie noted
:
“she was Black and she didn’t apologize for her Blackness;”
guardian-ng Sunday, August 11, 2019 7:33:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie diz
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"Para mim, escrever ficção é um processo de contar a minha própria verdade e, ao mesmo tempo, espero levar outras pessoas comigo"
correio24horas Tuesday, August 29, 2017 2:19:00 PM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie skriver
:
»For mig er feminisme altid kontekstuel«
politiken-en Thursday, March 9, 2017 11:15:00 AM EAT
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
:
"Je suis devenue noire aux États-Unis"
france24 Wednesday, June 29, 2016 1:21:00 PM EAT