{"id":5830,"date":"2021-08-05T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/?page_id=5830"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:16:56","slug":"chimamanda-ngozi-adichie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/have-experienced-them-all\/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\/","title":{"rendered":"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c1\" class=\"style-841 style-local-5830-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"5830-c2\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-847 style-local-5830-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-851 style-local-5830-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-853-outer style-local-5830-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-853 style-local-5830-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c5\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-857 style-local-5830-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer. She is a feminist and fights for LGBT rights in Nigeria and Africa. Her texts have all been nominated or won prizes. A few controversies as to her opinions have emerged throughout the\n                      years after her speaking publicly on trans women and supporting J. K. Rowling&#8217;s article on sex and gender. I really like her feminist texts and even better when she does lectures with them because then her nice sense of humour shines\n                      through.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c6\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-854 style-local-5830-c6 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-855-outer style-local-5830-c7-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c7\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-855 style-local-5830-c7 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c8\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-858 style-local-5830-c8 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600; color: rgb(158, 201, 226);\">Books read<\/span><\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\">Novels<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/purple-hibiscus-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2003\">\n                        <br>Purple Hibiscus<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\"> (2003)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/the-thing-around-your-neck-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2009\">\n                        <br>The Thing Around Your Neck<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\"> (2009)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/01\/29\/we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\"\n                        style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\">\n                        <br>\n                      <\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2022\/09\/20\/americanah-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2013\">Americanah <\/a>(2013)\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/01\/29\/we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\" style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\">\ufeff<\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/01\/29\/we-should-all-be-feminists-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\">\n                        <br>We Should All be Feminists<\/a> (2014)\n                      <br>\n                      <br>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Short stories<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/sierra-leone-1997-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2006\" style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\">\n                        <br>\n                      <\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/sierra-leone-1997-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2006\">Sierra Leone 1997<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\"> (2006)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/06\/21\/the-headstrong-historian-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2008\"\n                        style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\">\n                        <br>\n                      <\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/06\/21\/the-headstrong-historian-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2008\">The Headstrong Historian<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\"> (2008)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/checking-out-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2013\">\n                        <br>\n                      <\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/birdsong-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2010\">Birdsong<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\"> (2010)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2025\/01\/14\/quality-street-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2010\">\n                        <br>Quality Streets<\/a>&nbsp;(2010)\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2022\/12\/30\/checking-out-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2013\">\n                        <br>Checking out<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\"> (2013)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/04\/11\/zikora-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2020\">\n                        <br>\n                      <\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/05\/27\/apollo\">Apollo<\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/05\/27\/apollo\" style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\"> <\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">(2015)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/05\/27\/the-arrangements-a-work-of-fiction-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2016\">\n                        <br>\n                      <\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/olikoye-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2015\">Olikoye <\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">(2015)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2023\/05\/27\/the-arrangements-a-work-of-fiction-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2016\">\n                        <br>The Arrangements: A Work of Fiction<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\"> (2016)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/04\/11\/zikora-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2020\">\n                        <br>Zikora<\/a> (2020)<span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2022\/12\/29\/notes-on-grief-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2020\">Notes on Grief<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\"> (2020)<\/span>\n                      <br>The Visit (2021)<\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Essays in Book Format<\/span>\n                      <br>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/04\/11\/dear-ijeawele-a-feminist-manifesto-in-fifteen-suggestions-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2017\" style=\"color: rgb(158, 201, 226); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\">Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto In Fifteen Suggestions<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\">&nbsp;(2017)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/have-experienced-them-all\/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/notes-on-grief-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2021\">\n                        <br>Notes on Grief<\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/have-experienced-them-all\/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2025\/05\/24\/notes-on-grief-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2021\" style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\">&nbsp;<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(48, 62, 122); font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;;\">(2021)<\/span>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/redheadwithabrain.ch\/index.php\/2021\/06\/20\/it-is-obscene-a-true-reflection-in-three-parts-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-2021\">\n                        <br>It Is Obscene : A True Reflection in Three Parts<\/a> (2021)<\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-856-outer style-local-5830-c9-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c9\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-856 style-local-5830-c9 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c10\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-862 style-local-5830-c10 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(158, 201, 226);\">Books to read<\/span>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Novels<\/span>\n                      <br>Half a Yellow Sun (2006)\n                      <br>Dream Count (2025)<\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\">Play<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\"><br>For Love of Biafra (1998)<\/span><\/p>\n                    <p><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Collection of poems<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 16px; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; color: rgb(48, 62, 122);\"><br>Decision (1997)<\/span><\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c11\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-1370 style-local-5830-c11 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-1371-outer style-local-5830-c12-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"5830-c12\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-ui-empty-state-container h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-1371 style-local-5830-c12 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100\">\n                <!---->\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer. 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