I find that women... deal with immigration differently. And I'm interested in that. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie dealdifferentlyfind Change image and share on social
I am drawn, as a reader, to detail-drenched stories about human lives affected as much by the internal as by the external, the kind of fiction that Jane Smiley nicely describes as 'first and foremost about how individuals fit, or don't fit, into their social worlds.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie affectdescribedetail share on social
Americans think African writers will write about the exotic, about wildlife, poverty, maybe AIDS. They come to Africa and African books with certain expectations. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie africaafricanaid Change image and share on social
I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie columbiadividelagos Change image and share on social
I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied - about so many things, about injustice, about the way the world works - and in some ways, my dissatisfaction drives my storytelling. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie believeconformdeeply share on social
Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accessbattlebuy Change image and share on social
I own things I like, but nothing inanimate that I treasure in a deeply consuming way. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie consumedeeplyinanimate Change image and share on social
There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the private in Nigeria. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie dissonancenigeriaprivate Change image and share on social
I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my own life in my fiction. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie authoritydetailend Change image and share on social
I look young. I heard this said so often that it became irritating. I once worked as a babysitter for a woman who, the first time we met, said she didn't want somebody in high school. I was 22. Later, I realised that in certain places being female and looking 'young' meant it was more difficult to be taken seriously, so I turned to make-up. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie babysitterdifficultfemale share on social