Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Principles of African Greatness Intro

She is one of the continent’s clearest voices for women’s rights.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
b. 1977, Enugu, Nigeria
Works in Lagos, Nigeria, and Columbia, Maryland

The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are.
—Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists, 2015
• A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant,” Adichie is one of Africa’s most critically and popularly lauded writers.
• Her novels and short stories, including Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), The Thing Around Your Neck (2009), and Americanah (2013) address Nigeria’s troubled history and the experience of race in America, among other themes.
• Her essay and TED talk, “We Should All Be Feminists” (2014), has been a widely shared touchpoint for contemporary debate on feminist issues; Adichie has also written on behalf of LGBT rights in Nigeria.