This Woman makes me so proud to be a Woman and a Nigerian. Her eloquence and intelligence inspires me to go pick up a book and read the hell out of it. Lol, as a matter of fact, I'm going to the library today to borrow books about history and Nigeria. Love her so much.
Violet Robert I am so glad to read your comment.At the moment I am reading "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe which is about Igbo traditional culture.I must admit I found it a hard book to get into at first.But I recommend it to anyone interested in Nigeria & its past.I agree Chimamanda is truly amazing I could listen to her all day.
talk2me9ja You sound deeply troubled by Adiche's success and grace, I'm sure she would apologise if she wasn't too busy not giving a fuck about you or your opinion. She is as much a Nigerian as Fela Kuti, Cyprian Ekwensi and Chinua Achebe. Leave your tribalism in the past where it belongs.
Never let your oppressors choose your role models. Never expect a prize from your oppressors. Be wary of ones among you that are anointed by your oppressors. Chimamanda is not the best of African writers that should be getting attention from the WEST. You should ask yourself, why Chimamanda. Same reason they will kill people like Thomas Sankara, Same reason they will choose to promote Chimamanda. We should choose our role models yourselves Never let your oppressors choose your role models.
@@sonofnok2153 another conspiracy theorist. She may not be the best but she's one of the best and she's earned every ounce of recognition she's getting
Beauty and intelligence encapsulated in Chimamanda!!! I listen and/or watch her talks/interviews downloaded from RU-vid almost every night. I am very proud of this our Nigerian daughter.
Always love listening to this woman. Even when one does not agree with her (and I don't always agree with her), her eloquence, intelligence and insight is worthy of respect.
I liked how she remained composed throughout the interview. The interviewer was trying to attack her using his narrow view of Nigeria and she gracefully educated him. Bravo !
I don't think the interviewer was trying to attack her in any way,rather than being objective and exploring how much she is informed about what she is talking about. I don't see anything malicious about that interview if is being looked at from a broader perspective
I love this "I am not a member of the west, you should ask the west" brilliant answer. This woman is brilliant!!!!. This guy was not able to start needless arguments as he always does
This interview was such a pleasure to watch. Steven relates to her as an equal. Its one of the few interviews where the interviewee is not being attacked.
Chimamanda is a force to be reckoned with. She’s young, intelligent and very articulate. She remains calm and firm in answering thorny questions. I will explore her books with my up and coming Academy in Soweto - South Africa I like it that she studied in America but she is proudly Nigerian🙏🏾
This woman is a strong, independent woman making a very important statement; not only as a woman but as an African individual in an area marked by turbulence and huge political and social distress. Way to go Nigeria with the likes of this wonderful lady.
I have listen to most of Stephen Sackur Hard Talk and if u understand the concept u will know its never an easy ride with the guest.. but this.. this interview with Adichie just made me respect Chimamanda the more... i have always wanted to see him interview her- unlike some, she's got something upstairs and she speaks without fear.. i am currently reading "There Was a Country" by Achebe and i don't see any reason why we shouldn't talk about our history.. anyone who truly loves Nigeria will talk about what happen to us as a country.. by so doing we can know how to make better decision both now and in the future.. instead of sweeping things under the carpet.. Feminist of no feminist, this lady definitely drives a sense of hunger for knowledge in our present youth.. Bravo woman.. i ll probably name my first Daughter Chichi.. :)
superlatives are inadequate to describe how amazing this lady's thoughts and responses to very serious questions are so graceful in addressing and confronting parochial presumptions & misassumptions! and stay so poised & beautiful! wow!
She is indeed a woman of substance. I just came across an interview a few days ago and I love her confidence, maturity , vision and how she is able to speak so eloquently and engage the attention of the viewer. I really know nothing much about Africa besides the usual tourist stuff ...Nigeria was just a name. I will now find out and read up more about this fascinating land.
I just found this channel! 😍 oooo...She is Anointed and Highly favored...this is a part of her destiny...TMH Selected her from the beginning...! Love the calmness in her deep but sultry voice! She's GORGEOUS more than Looks! "Deep" you have to step to her in correctness... May the LORD continue to direct and bless you my beautiful sister... ❤
I like her intellect. I am so glad to read her. I relate her to other great quotes and songs: Keep on pushing, we people who are bluer than blue. etc.. the torch is passing on by this woman.
I am enamoured by her sense of balance which she maintained throughout the interview, about how being Igbo and being Nigerian are not competing identities, even if sometimes one may prevail over the other, and how she defended herself being at the same time a harsh critic and a passionate defender of Nigeria, irrespective of where she resides. A magnificent interview that will not be forgotten in a long time to come. Nigerians are indeed some of the world's best and we await our true liberation from the curse of failed political leadership.
Really just now i realised why i like this wonderful woman. Of cause the level of her incisiveness always captures my attention, but today i had came to conclusion why she has achieved a lot. Chimamanda Ngozi is the real epitome responsible human being. It pleasant to me when she said she sees herself as Nigerian, then Igbo. This epitome of true nationalist. My best wishes to u now and always.
Note: seeing herself as a Nigerian doesn't make her a nationalist. We have to always take note of the difference between nationalist and patriot. Africanist is also nationalism in a wider range. I doubt if she ever identify herself as a nationalist .
She is great personality ... this guy wanted to confuse her and put his agenda in her mouth to make statments, as if she said it... ... She is so bright, iteligent to brash his bad intentions with smile and great inteligence... BRAVO Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is a woman that I love to describe as "paragon of virtue" as she is a model to reckon with in a competitive world where gender is no longer a hindrance to excellence. Though this conversation was quite long in the tooth; however, it's evergreen as she defended her ideas in a meek way and spoke in a meticulous manner without flaws... that Chimamanda for you. She is just phenomenal...
I'm just beginning to get suspicious of these people giving an audience to this bright lady. I'm not suggesting they shouldn't but what is at the back of their minds make me think that there is scheme behind all this. Africans should mot be coaxed into believing that the dog will change its sitting position. Just watch it out!
Wow, I wasn’t sure that I’d be able to finish this video; and this is coming off of a 20 min TED Talk by the very same guest. Yet, this was such a compelling discussion, and the guest so skillful and engaging, my awareness of time simple vanished... that is until the interview ended. Oh man... I want more.
love love! a sister who shows her real hair !! I love it... I take sisters who stick to there real look more than those other ones who behave brainwashed.
It's very hard to know how the sun shined in history, and unless we have such brilliant coupled with courage, we could never know what happened behind the curtains
Stephen Sukur if you are not afraid of true Afro optimists minds, invite the Kenyan Lawyer and Pan Africanist PLO Lumumba for an interview. He would render your questions into a shame .. He'd beat you at your own game. A revolutionary force to reckon with..
Calm down y’all East Africans boost too much cuz if he was so good at beating ppl to their own he would have been invited to this show, so don’t believe in your stories about the so called revolutionary force..
Funny enough, my neighbor used the watermelon joke recently & I was lost. Wasn’t sure if I should be offended or what. I just told him not to use it with us anymore because even though we aren’t Americans, it does have meanings behind it that affected/affects ppl that look like us.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; what a gift you are to the black people! You are one complete personality: Brain, Beauty, Charisma, Style, Influence, name it. God bless the day you were born.
This is pragmatically a high show of intellectual dexterity and ambidextrous energy for defence, anxiety and depression......... a difference between writing and authorisation.
Though I haven't been to the south, I am surprised that he mentioned FGM takes place in the south east. FGM is a common practice in the north. We still do it .
Don't just listen to Ngozi Chimamada, pay attention to the culture that made and raised her in Nigeria is a dying breed that needs the World's support to survive under Biafra Nation. Pay attention to GENOCIDE in Biafra, the spirited Americanesque High Flying Eagle ethnic group tied by the Wings to the Lead Winged Turkeys of Nigeria as they weep, fight and breath for freedom from oppression and Genocide. If USA ignores what's going on against Biafrans, USA has no moral value to call itself the citadel of Democracy and freedom. The Republican spirit that has endured in Biafra Land way before the American founding fathers reigned is being ignore in Nigeria today by USA because that's the way Britain wants it. You don't want them immigrating into your land, help them survive in the own land, simple and short a solution.
I loved that he asked [and insisted on] about her views on Nigeria and feelings after she's left. That's quite interesting to know and I think I've thought about it when I thought about her.
This Journalist's disposition is a great example of the West, some white peoples perception of Africa. That is why, maybe she came across somehow. This man is spewing facts/figures whilst she is speaking of experience yet he is still acting as though his "truth' is right.
I agree so much with that statement, at points the facts he stated came off as his experience. I admire how she navigated his statements and questions, she didn't play into those tactics.
I share the same ethnic nationality with Chimamanda. However, I will say this to Africans: Never let your oppressors choose your role models. Never expect a prize from your oppressors. Be wary of ones among you that are anointed by your oppressors. Chimamanda is not the best of African writers that should be getting attention from the WEST. You should ask yourself, why Chimamanda. Same reason they will kill people like Thomas Sankara, Same reason they will choose to promote Chimamanda. We should choose our role models yourselves Never let your oppressors choose your role models.
talk2me9ja what are talking about? That Igbo's didn't kill twince? Is it because Marry Slessor was a missionary in Calabar who documented mist of She saw there? Its a shame we even take glory in such an animalistic, barbaric culture. For your information my friend, the killing of twines was everywhere through the southeastern culture of Nigeria. The area known as south-south and south east today was called Calabar.
"the idea of feminists is limited by a single story. "the stereotype of a feminist... even in the west: "you don't shave; you don't use deodorant; you burn bras - and that kind of nonsense..."
The interviewer usually is very antagonistic, and cut throat--but in this interview I see a change. I think he was impressed by this Nigerian author. (name too long) I also think, he was sort of smitten, as was I --I must confess. Quite, elegant grace, despite the brave raw, natural hairdo- and with a pleasing countenance to boost. Cute as a button interview.
