Even as Adichie grew older and encountered rejections in her professional writing career, she remained persistent in sharing people’s stories. As a child, Adichie said she felt somber riding in the car because she was passing by so many stories that she knew she would never be able to tell. “I was born with the desire already in me, this deep urge to tell stories, to hear stories, to complete stories,” Adichie said.Īdichie began the lecture by discussing how her journey of story-telling started from her childhood in Nigeria. Truman McDanielĬhimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks about story-telling and feminism as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Her 2009 TEDx Talk “The danger of a single story” has over 20 million views, and she adapted her 2012 TEDx Talk “We should all be feminists” into a short book. Adichie is well-known for her books, including “Half of a Yellow Sun,” “Purple Hibiscus” and “Americanah,” the last of which is recognized as one of The New York Times Top Ten Best Books of 2013. 21 to present her speech “Writer, Thinker, Feminist: Vignettes from Life” as part of the Chancellor’s Lecture Series. Author and feminist icon Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie came to Langford Auditorium Nov.
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