At the Stockholm Forum on Gender Equality, held 15-17 April, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talked about “a powerful man in the media” who sexually harassed her in 1994. Below is the full transcript : When I was 17 years old, I…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s AMERICANAH has been selected by the New York Times’s staff book critics as one of “15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century.” This list of…
We Should All Be Feminists Extract – culled from 4thEstate. What does “feminism” mean today? In We Should All Be Feminists, this personal, eloquently argued essay, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was was a guest at a global ideas event hosted by the French government called “La Nuit Des Idees” (A Night of Ideas). In the interview, she was asked if there were linraries (book shops) in her…
By Oyin Oludipe Not long ago, it was reported that one president—a flawless depiction, by the way, of what our generation has devolved into—uttered something about African nations and shitholes. The aggregate African response? Flames and flames of ire. For…
If I could describe Chika with one word it would be; KIND. Chika is Kind. And that was why I was not surprised when his reply to one of the questions was – Be Kind Always. To yourself and to…
Akwaeke & Yagazie Emezi, two powerful Nigerian sisters have been featured on VOGUE – February 2018 issue – and were photographed by Annie Leibovitz! A short article on the website: When Yagazie Emezi was about six, she was hospitalized after being run over…
Happy New Year!!! We are as excited as you are and can’t wait to see what 2018 has in store for us. We at THE AFRO READER community are looking forward to reading Akwaeke Emezi’s FRESH WATER! These are the…
One of our favourite African Literature is THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES BY LOLA SHONEYIN. The humour is refreshing; but what is even more refreshing is the candid approach to infidelity. Lola Shoneyin once wrote in The Guardian: The…
Literary enthusiast, Victor Adedayo wrote a letter (published HERE – CLICK TO READ) to his friend Okechukwu, thanking him for recommending Daughters Who Walked This Path by Yejide Kilanko. Okechukwu has written back. Enjoy! Dear Victor, It would only be right…
