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A Book Review : Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

“We teach girls that they can’t be sexual beings in the way boys are. We teach girls shame…we make them feel as though by being born female, they are already guilty of something. And so girls grow up to be…

  • October 10, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • BOOK REVIEWS

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE IS BACK WITH HER CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

Fans of Literature and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie have been waiting for the return of her popular writing workshop – THE FARAFINA WORKSHOP! The good news is, the workshop is back!!! Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at a press conference in Lagos, Nigeria,…

  • September 24, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Carnage of the Cameroons

Cameroonians in Rome denouncing the discrimination suffered by Cameroon’s Anglophone minority.CreditCreditPatrizia Cortellessa/Pacific Press, via LightRocket, via Getty Images Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie turned 41 on the 15th day of September and she had an article published in THE NEWYORK TIMES on…

  • September 22, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
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A Book Review : Like A Mule Bringing Ice-cream To The Sun by Sarah Ladipo...

I really enjoyed reading Like A Mule Bringing Ice-Cream To The Sun. I enjoyed it for so many reasons. First of all, it reminded me of one of my favourite series; This Is Us. It reminded me of the sheer…

  • September 16, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • BOOK REVIEWS

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in conversation with Candice Carty-Williams for...

In a phone conversation with Candice Carty-Williams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses, her books, race and womanhood. The article originally appeared in i-D’s The Earthwise Issue, no. 353, Fall 2018. Some of the interesting points we noted in the interview: 1)…

  • August 31, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

A Book Review : Collective Amnesia by Koleka Putuma

Poetry as we know it is evolving. What really is poetry? How should a poem be structured? What rules should a poet follow? I personally think there is no rule as to what a poem should look like. Poetry should…

  • August 26, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
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Female Leaders, All From Families of Immigrants, Share Their Stories for Marie...

…Including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. For the Marie Claire’s special immigration report to celebrate the talents and contributions of women with roots in foreign lands… OCCUPATION: Writer. BEST KNOWN FOR: Purple Hibiscus (2003); Half of a Yellow Sun (2006); Americanah (2013),…

  • August 26, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

SEFI ATTA RELEASES NEW BOOK – “DRAMA QUEEN!”

Sefi Atta, author of EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME recently announced the release of her new book on her Facebook Page. She wrote: Here she is, Drama Queen, 8/18/18! It is January 1976, and 12-year-old Timi is about to turn 13….

  • August 19, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Comes to Terms with Global Fame – NEWYORK TIMES

I enjoyed reading this article on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in NEWYORK TIMES. I loved that it opened with Eghosa Imasuen’s story. A story of his mother and his struggle with his own writing – Eghosa is the author of FINE…

  • May 31, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on being sexually harassed at 17

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…

  • April 20, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
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