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Diamond
July 9, 2018 at 11:57 pm
Chimamanda should leave be. Why is she always ? Every woman must not be . Haba! And I never hear her speaking out on & matters that concern her home country. Matter of fact that was correct. American wannabe!
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This conversation we want to share isn’t necessarily new, but very noteworthy. It is a conversation between New York University Senior Faculty Member and author Zadie Smith and best-selling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She is also known for
influencing Beyonce’s feminist ideals
with her amazing TED Talk, and her books ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ are
essential reading for all women
.
Zadie Smith Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
These two award-winning authors sat down for a conversation back in March 2014, but the have made the full podcast available to share and stream so it was a good excuse to focus on the topics they covered, as they aren’t limited to a specific time frame.
Chimamanda discussed race, feminism, identity and how these influenced her writing style. A common theme in all of Chimamanda’s books is the presence of a strong female protagonist who is written unapologetically with flaws and complexities. This stemmed from her experience reading certain romance novels where women were not given much agency to decide their destiny.
Zadie Smith Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“It took me a while to realize I really didn’t like the Mills and Boon format, where the man decides. It’s sort of the destiny of the relationship is in the hands of the man. And it’s okay as well if they meet and don’t like each other, then he grabs her at some point and she melts. You know that idea that a woman can’t own her sexuality, can’t own her choices? So this is the anti-Mills and Boon in many ways. The women in my world don’t have to wait because they’re women,” she said.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Zadie Smith
Chimamanda says writing female characters who have a voice and aren’t afraid to use it, such as in ‘Americanah’ which she reads an excerpt from, is not an unique idea to her, but normal.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Zadie Smith
“For me I am writing about women who are familiar, and [that’s] not to say that all the women I know are strong and have their shit together, but to say that the idea of a woman simply being strong not to prove anything or to be unusual is normal to me,” she said.
If we’re honest, the majority of us could look at the women in our lives and probably say the same. Zadie says this type of women is something that is quite revolutionary because of the choices they are allowed to make for themselves, especially in relationships.
“The women in your books make s***** choices which I think is unusual in a lot of women’s fiction in , the idea that s** is not something that is a trade or a debate, but actually something you take passionately because you want it, it’s a serious part of a relationship,” she said.
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This conversation we want to share isn’t necessarily new, but very noteworthy. It is a conversation between New York University Senior Faculty Member and author Zadie Smith and best-selling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She is also known for influencing Beyonce’s feminist ideals with her amazing TED Talk, and her books ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ are essential reading for all women.
These two award-winning authors sat down for a conversation back in March 2014, but the have made the full podcast available to share and stream so it was a good excuse to focus on the topics they covered, as they aren’t limited to a specific time frame.
Chimamanda discussed race, feminism, identity and how these influenced her writing style. A common theme in all of Chimamanda’s books is the presence of a strong female protagonist who is written unapologetically with flaws and complexities. This stemmed from her experience reading certain romance novels where women were not given much agency to decide their destiny.
Chimamanda says writing female characters who have a voice and aren’t afraid to use it, such as in ‘Americanah’ which she reads an excerpt from, is not an unique idea to her, but normal.
“For me I am writing about women who are familiar, and [that’s] not to say that all the women I know are strong and have their shit together, but to say that the idea of a woman simply being strong not to prove anything or to be unusual is normal to me,” she said.
If we’re honest, the majority of us could look at the women in our lives and probably say the same. Zadie says this type of women is something that is quite revolutionary because of the choices they are allowed to make for themselves, especially in relationships.
“The women in your books make s***** choices which I think is unusual in a lot of women’s fiction in , the idea that s** is not something that is a trade or a debate, but actually something you take passionately because you want it, it’s a serious part of a relationship,” she said.