Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.

A previously published edition of ISBN 9781616202415 can be found here. Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria. They live in a beautiful house, with a caring family, and attend an exclusive missionary school. They're completely shielded from the troubles of the world. Yet, as Kambili reveals in her tender-voiced account, things are less perfect than they appear. Although her Papa is generous and well respected, he is fanatically religious and tyrannical at home—a home that is silent and suffocating. As the country begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili and Jaja are sent to their aunt, a university professor outside the city, where they discover a life beyond the confines of their father’s authority. Books cram the shelves, curry and nutmeg permeate the air, and their cousins’ laughter rings throughout the house. When they return home, tensions within the family escalate, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.Purple Hibiscus is an exquisite novel about the emotional turmoil of adolescence, the powerful bonds of family, and the bright promise of freedom.

Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure. Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core. She writes about being one of the millions of people grieving this year; about the familial and cultural dimensions of grief and also about the loneliness and anger that are unavoidable in it. With signature precision of language, and glittering, devastating detail on the page--and never without touches of rich, honest humor--Adichie weaves together her own experience of her father’s death with threads of his life story, from his remarkable survival during the Biafran war, through a long career as a statistics professor, into the days of the pandemic in which he’d stay connected with his children and grandchildren over video chat from the family home in Abba, Nigeria. In the compact format of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, Adichie delivers a gem of a book--a book that fundamentally connects us to one another as it probes one of the most universal human experiences. Notes on Grief is a book for this moment—a work readers will treasure and share now more than ever--and yet will prove durable and timeless, an indispensable addition to Adichie's canon.

A masterly, haunting new novel from a writer heralded by The Washington Post Book World as “the 21st-century daughter of Chinua Achebe,” Half of a Yellow Sun re-creates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria in the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed. With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for a university professor full of revolutionary zeal. Olanna is the professor’s beautiful mistress, who has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos for a dusty university town and the charisma of her new lover. And Richard is a shy young Englishman in thrall to Olanna’s twin sister, an enigmatic figure who refuses to belong to anyone. As Nigerian troops advance and the three must run for their lives, their ideals are severely tested, as are their loyalties to one another. Epic, ambitious, and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a remarkable novel about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race—and the ways in which love can complicate them all. Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise and the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place, bringing us one of the most powerful, dramatic, and intensely emotional pictures of modern Africa that we have ever had.

What does “feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay—adapted from her much-viewed TEDx talk of the same name—by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. With humor and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century—one rooted in inclusion and awareness. She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviors that marginalize women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiences—in the U.S., in her native Nigeria, and abroad—offering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women and men, alike. Argued in the same observant, witty and clever prose that has made Adichie a bestselling novelist, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman today—and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.

Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Your Neck map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as "one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years" (Baltimore Sun), with "prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes" (The Boston Globe); The Washington Post called her "the twenty-first-century daughter of Chinua Achebe." Her award-winning Half of a Yellow Sun became an instant classic upon its publication three years later, once again putting her tremendous gifts - graceful storytelling, knowing compassion, and fierce insight into her characters' hearts - on display. Now, in her most intimate and seamlessly crafted work to date, Adichie turns her penetrating eye on not only Nigeria but America, in twelve dazzling stories that explore the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. In "A Private Experience," a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront the realities and fears she's been pushing away. In "Tomorrow is Too Far," a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death. The young mother at the center of "Imitation" finds her comfortable life in Philadelphia threatened when she learns that her husband has moved his mistress into their Lagos home. And the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach, a death in her homeland forces her to reexamine them. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, these stories map, with Adichie's signature emotional wisdom, the collision of two cultures and the deeply human struggle to reconcile them. The Thing Around Your Neck is a resounding confirmation of the prodigious literary powers of one of our most essential writers.

From the best-selling author and global feminist icon--an illustrated, guided journal containing her most powerful and inspiring quotes, as well as an introductory essay written exclusively for this publication, to help readers discover their own feminist journeys. Her award-winning novels, including Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah; her stirring calls-to-arms We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele; her collaboration with Beyoncé; sharing the stage with Michelle Obama--each of these accomplishments has contributed to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's becoming one of the most iconic feminist figures of our time. Now, in this beautiful journal, her most inspirational words encourage you to find your own voice, to define what feminism means to you, and to tell your own story. Featuring a series of writing prompts, quotes, and important events in the history of feminism, We Should All Be Feminists: A Guided Journal promises to give readers the tools to understand feminism, as well as to empower them to become better, more confident writers and communicators.

As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah. One night in Lagos, two former friends reunite. Obinna is a dutiful and unsophisticated stay-at-home husband and father married to a powerful businesswoman. Eze is single, a cautious rebel from his university days whose arrival soon upsets the balance in Obinna’s life. In a world where men are constantly under surveillance and subject to the whims of powerful women, more than Obinna’s ordered and accustomed routine might be on the line. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Visit is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.

The emotional storms weathered by a mother and daughter yield a profound new understanding in a moving short story by the bestselling, award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists When Zikora, a DC lawyer from Nigeria, tells her equally high-powered lover that she's pregnant, he abandons her. But it's Zikora's demanding, self-possessed mother, in town for the birth, who makes Zikora feel like a lonely little girl all over again. Shunned by the speed with which her ideal life fell apart, Zikora turns to reflecting on her mother's painful past and struggle for dignity. Preparing for motherhood, Zikora begins to see more clearly what her own mother wants for her, for her new baby, and for herself. ©2020 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc, all rights reserved.

Americana este povestea de dragoste a lui Ifemelu și a lui Obinze, marcată de regimul militar din Nigeria anilor ’90 și de problemele rasiale din Statele Unite ale Americii și Marea Britanie. „Nemilos de tranșant și incredibil de empatic… un roman care expune intrepid realitățile inconfortabile ale vremurilor noastre… O disecție precisă a experienței umane universale.” The New York Times, 10 Best Books of 2013 „Atât de inteligent despre atât de multe subiecte, încât eticheta de roman despre ce înseamnă să fii negru în secolul XXI nu cuprinde nici pe departe profunzimea și anvergura textului… Vast, captivant și autentic.” NPR „Adichie descoperă perspectiva unică din care compară ierarhiile rasiale din Statele Unite ale Americii și Marea Britanie cu lupta pentru statut social din Nigeria. Și o face cu o onestitate nemiloasă, descriind frumusețea și urâțenia acestor spații.” The Washington Post

Несколько лет назад "одна из величайших писательниц современности" (по версии экс-президента США) Чимаманда Нгози Адичи получила письмо от своей подруги детства, которая только что стала матерью. В этом письме подруга просила Адичи о том, чтобы она рассказала, как вырастить дочь феминисткой в единственно верном понимании этого слова. "Манифест феминизма" - это ответное письмо Чимаманды подруге с 15 ясными, забавными и очень чуткими советами о том, как вырастить дочь по-настоящему сильной и независимой женщиной. Эта книга бьет прямиком в самое сердце, потому что как нельзя лучше и честнее отвечает на все вопросы о том, что значит быть женщиной в наши дни.

A publishing event ten years in the making—a searing, exquisite new novel by the best-selling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until — betrayed and brokenhearted — she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America – but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve. In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape.

Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

Three generations of Nigerians

A publishing event ten years in the making—a searing, exquisite new novel by the best-selling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until — betrayed and brokenhearted — she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America – but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve. In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape.

"Peço-vos que sonhem e planeiem um mundo diferente. Um mundo mais justo. Um mundo de homens e mulheres mais felizes, mais fiéis a si mesmos. E é assim que devemos começar: precisamos de criar as nossas filhas de uma maneira diferente. Também precisamos de criar os nossos filhos de uma maneira diferente." O que é que o feminismo significa hoje em dia? Neste ensaio pessoal - adaptado de uma conferência TED - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie apresenta uma definição única do feminismo no século XXI. A escritora parte da sua experiência pessoal para defender a inclusão e a consciência nesta admirável exploração sobre o que significa ser mulher nos dias de hoje. Um desafio lançado a mulheres e homens, porque todos devemos ser feministas.

Un llibre que recull el transcendental discurs que va oferir l’autora a TEDTalk sobre el significat de ser feminista en ple segle XXI. Un breu assaig que té el poder que les seves paraules ressonin dins el cap de qui les llegeix. Aquest és el poder que tenen els grans assajos per canviar la societat.

In questo saggio molto personale, scritto con grande eloquenza - frutto dell'adattamento di una conferenza TEDx dal medesimo titolo di straordinario successo - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offre ai lettori una definizione originale del femminismo per il XXI secolo. Attingendo in grande misura dalle proprie esperienze e riflessioni sull'attualità, Adichie presenta qui un'eccezionale indagine d'autore su ciò che significa essere una donna oggi, un appello di grande attualità sulle ragioni per cui dovremmo essere tutti femministi. In un contesto in cui il femminismo era considerato un ingombrante retaggio del secolo scorso, la posizione di Adichie ha cambiato i termini della questione. Alcuni brani della sua conferenza sono stati campionati da Beyoncé nel brano Flawless e hanno fatto il giro del mondo. La scritta FEMINIST a caratteri cubitali come sfondo della performance dell'artista agli Mtv Video Music Awards e il famoso discorso dell'attrice Emma Watson alle Nazioni Unite in cui si dichiara femminista sono segni evidenti del fatto che c'è un prima e un dopo Dovremmo essere tutti femministi.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ainda se lembra exatamente do dia em que a chamaram de feminista pela primeira vez. Foi durante uma discussão com seu amigo de infância Okoloma. “Não era um elogio. Percebi pelo tom da voz dele; era como se dissesse: ‘Você apoia o terrorismo!’”. Apesar do tom de desaprovação de Okoloma, Adichie abraçou o termo e começou a se intitular uma “feminista feliz e africana que não odeia homens, e que gosta de usar batom e salto alto para si mesma, e não para os homens”. Sejamos todos feministas é uma adaptação do discurso feito pela autora no TEDx Euston, que conta com mais de 1,5 milhão de visualizações e foi musicado por Beyoncé.

Nigeria, 1960. En un ambiente de caos total, en plena guerra civil, tres personajes atrapados en una orgía de violencia intentan buscar respuesta a unos sucesos poíticos que les sobrepasan. La muerte de los seres queridos, los lazos étnicos, el trastocamiento de la moral ante el crimen y el amor en medio de la guerra, configuran las líneas maestras de este sentido relato sobre un país al borde de la locura.

The first children's book from the best-selling author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah— a tender story about a little girl’s love for her mother’s scarf, and the adventures she shares with it and her whole family Chino loves the scarf that her mama ties around her hair at night. But when Mama leaves for the day, what happens to her scarf? Chino takes it on endless adventures! Peeking through the colorful haze of the silky scarf, Chino and her toy bunny can look at her whole family as they go through their routines.  With stunning illustrations from Joelle Avelino, Mama’s Sleeping Scarf is a celebration of family, and a touching story about the everyday objects that remind us of the ones we love.

« Partout dans le monde, la question du genre est cruciale. Alors j’aimerais aujourd’hui que nous nous mettions à rêver à un monde différent et à le préparer. Un monde plus équitable. Un monde où les hommes et les femmes seront plus heureux et plus honnêtes envers eux-mêmes. Et voici le point de départ : nous devons élever nos filles autrement. Nous devons élever nos fils autrement. » Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie aborde le sujet controversé du féminisme avec lucidité, éloquence et humour.

Twenty prizewinning stories selected from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year--continuing the O. Henry Prize's century-long tradition of literary excellence. Now entering its second century, the prestigious annual story anthology has a new title, a new look, and a new guest editor. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has brought her own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and young emerging voices. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Adichie, observations from the winning writers on what inspired them, and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction. Featured in this collection: Daphne Palasi Andreades - David Means - Sindya Bhanoo - Crystal Wilkinson - Alice Jolly - David Rabe - Karina Sainz Borgo (translator, Elizabeth Bryer) - Jamel Brinkley - Tessa Hadley - Adachioma Ezeano - Anthony Doerr - Tiphanie Yanique - Joan Silber - Jowhor Ile - Emma Cline - Asali Solomon - Ben Hinshaw - Caroline Albertine Minor (translator, Caroline Waight) - Jianan Qian - Sally Rooney

En este emotivo y poderoso ensayo, que nace de un artículo publicado en The New Yorker, la autora nigeriana pone palabras al inenarrable grado de dolor causado por la repentina muerte de su padre en Nigeria: la crisis sanitaria por la pandemia de COVID-19 impidió que la autora pudiese salir de Estados Unidos para reunirse con su familia. En un intento por encontrar consuelo ante la sensación de vacío que la sacudió hasta la médula, Sobre el duelo es una breve pero inteligente y conmovedora crónica autobiográfica de las primeras etapas de la gestión de la pérdida, un revelador examen de la naturaleza del dolor, un tributo al padre que la llamaba «nwoke neli» («la que equivale a muchos hombres») y una profunda reflexión sobre la lengua y las tradiciones igbo. Este libro se enmarca en la más rabiosa y dolorosa actualidad: la autora escribe desde la certeza de ser sólo una más de entre los millones de personas en duelo, sobre las dimensiones culturales y familiares del mismo y, también, sobre la soledad y la ira inherentes a él. Sobre el duelo es un libro imprescindible para estos momentos. Y, sin embargo, resultará atemporal, duradero, y una adición indispensable al canon de la autora. En el mismo formato que Todos deberíamos ser feministas, el lector lo atesorará y compartirá más que nunca.

El feminismo empieza en la educación. Con su voz cálida y directa, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie dirige esta emotiva carta a una joven madre que acaba de dar a luz. En sus quince consejos, reivindica la formación de nuestros hijos en la igualdad y el respeto, el amor por los orígenes y la cultura. Una invitación a rechazar estereotipos, a abrazar el fracaso y a luchar por una sociedad más justa. Una bella misiva con reflexiones tan honestas como necesarias que conquistará por igual a madres, padres, hijos e hijas. Reseñas:«Una pensadora y escritora extraordinariamente autoconsciente con la capacidad de criticar nuestra sociedad sin burla ni condescendencia ni polémicas impostadas.»The New York Times «Adichie es una narradora con un estilo claro y sugerente, sin tiempos muertos, de las que enganchan desde el principio de la frase.»El País «Una de las escritoras africanas más prometedoras de su generación.»The Guardian «Sensible y emocionante.»Vogue

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend. A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.

Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self-assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post-9/11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion—for each other and for their homeland.

Após o enorme sucesso de Sejamos todos feministas, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie retoma o tema da igualdade de gêneros neste manifesto com quinze sugestões de como criar filhos dentro de uma perspectiva feminista. Escrito no formato de uma carta da autora a uma amiga que acaba de se tornar mãe de uma menina, Para educar crianças feministas traz conselhos simples e precisos de como oferecer uma formação igualitária a todas as crianças, o que se inicia pela justa distribuição de tarefas entre pais e mães. E é por isso que este breve manifesto pode ser lido igualmente por homens e mulheres, pais de meninas e meninos. Partindo de sua experiência pessoal para mostrar o longo caminho que ainda temos a percorrer, Adichie oferece uma leitura essencial para quem deseja preparar seus filhos para o mundo contemporâneo e contribuir para uma sociedade mais justa.

This is a slightly expanded version of a letter written by the author as a Facebook poston 12 October 2016. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response. Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today."

Cosa significa essere femminista oggi? Per prima cosa reclamare la propria importanza, di individuo e di donna insieme; reclamare il diritto all'uguaglianza senza se e senza ma. E cosa significa essere una madre femminista? Non smettere di essere una donna, una professionista, una persona, e condividere alla pari la responsabilità con il proprio compagno. Mostrare a una figlia le trappole tese da chi la vuole ingabbiare per mezzo della violenza, fisica o psicologica, in un ruolo predefinito, e spiegarle che quel ruolo non ha nessun valore reale e che potrà scegliere di essere ciò che vorrà. Farle capire che la sua dignità non dipende dallo sguardo e dal giudizio degli altri e che la sua realizzazione non dipenderà dal compiacere quello sguardo. E significa soprattutto insegnarle che l'amore è la cosa più importante, ma che bisogna anche capire quando è il caso di battersi contro l'ingiustizia. Adichie ha scritto un intenso pamphlet sotto forma di lettera, con uno sguardo confidenziale eppure politico. La sua voce, che sa essere intima e allo stesso tempo universale, ha saputo dare vita a un manifesto necessario in un presente in cui dobbiamo imparare a vivere la differenza per poterci ancora dire umani.

A collection of three extraordinary and exquisitely written novels from one of the most important and exciting young writers in the world. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has firmly established herself as one of the world’s most exciting and important young writers – a regular award-winner, ‘endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers’ (Chinua Achebe). A gripping, vividly written masterpiece, ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ won the Orange Prize for Fiction. The lives of Ugwu, a young boy from a poor village, Olanna, a middle class woman, and Richard, a white man and a writer intersect in intimate and unexpected ways during the vicious Nigerian civil war. This is a story about Africa, about moral responsibility, the end of colonialism, ethnic allegiances, class and race – and about how love can move in to complicate all these things. Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, ‘Americanah’ is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world. Ifemelu and Obinze fell in love as teenagers in Lagos. Thriteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria; Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer in America. When Ifemelu returns to Nigeria, and the pair reignite their shared passions – for their homeland and for each other – they face the toughest decisions of their lives. ‘Purple Hibiscus’ is a compelling tale of adolescence, set against the backdrop of Nigeria’s military coup. Fifteen-year-old Kambili’s life is regulated by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her repressive father. However when Nigeria begins to fall apart, Kambili and her brother are sent to live in their aunt’s laughter-filled house, where they discover life, love, and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family.

Metà di un sole giallo racconta un drammatico periodo della storia contemporanea africana: la lotta del Biafra per raggiungere l'indipendenza dalla Nigeria, con la conseguente guerra civile che costò la vita a più di un milione di persone. Con empatia e naturalezza Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie narra la vita di alcuni personaggi toccati dalle terribili vicende della guerra: il giovane Ugwu, domestico nella casa di Odenigbo, un professore universitario animato da un sacro fervore per il suo Paese e per la causa dell'anticolonialismo; Olanna, la bellissima moglie del professore, che per amor suo ha abbandonato la ricca famiglia di Lagos e si è trasferita nella polverosa città universitaria di Nsukka; Richard, uno scrittore inglese che è innamorato della sorella gemella di Olanna, Kainene, una donna misteriosa che non vuole impegnarsi con nessuno. Mentre le truppe nigeriane avanzano, i protagonisti del romanzo devono difendere ciò in cui credono e riaffermare gli affetti che li tengono uniti.

A escritora nigeriana Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie vem conquistando um público cada vez maior, tanto no Brasil como fora dele. Em 2007, seu romance Meio sol amarelo venceu o National Book Critics Circle Award e o Orange Prize de ficção, mas foi com o romance seguinte, Americanah, que ela atingiu o volume de leitores que a alavancou para o topo das listas de mais vendidos dos Estados Unidos, onde vive atualmente. Ao trabalho de ficcionista, somou-se a expressiva e incontornável militância da autora em favor da igualdade de gêneros e raça. Agora é a vez de os leitores brasileiros conhecerem a face de contista dessa grande autora já consagrada pelas formas do romance e do ensaio. Publicado em inglês em 2009, No seu pescoço contém todos os elementos que fazem de Adichie uma das principais escritoras contemporâneas. Nos doze contos que compõem o volume, encontramos a sensibilidade da autora voltada para a temática da imigração, da desigualdade racial, dos conflitos religiosos e das relações familiares. Combinando técnicas da narrativa convencional com experimentalismo, como no conto que dá nome ao livro — escrito em segunda pessoa —, Adichie parte da perspectiva do indivíduo para atingir o universal que há em cada um de nós e, com isso, proporciona a seus leitores a experiência da empatia, bem escassa em nossos tempos.

O que sabemos sobre outras pessoas? Como criamos a imagem que temos de cada povo? Nosso conhecimento é construído pelas histórias que escutamos, e quanto maior for o número de narrativas diversas, mais completa será nossa compreensão sobre determinado assunto. É propondo essa ideia, de diversificarmos as fontes do conhecimento e sermos cautelosos ao ouvir somente uma versão da história, que Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie constrói a palestra que foi adaptada para livro. O perigo de uma história única é uma versão da primeira fala feita por Chimamanda no programa TED Talk, em 2009. Dez anos depois, o vídeo é um dos mais acessados da plataforma, com cerca de 18 milhões de visualizações. Responsável por encantar o mundo com suas narrativas ficcionais, Chimamanda também se mostra uma excelente pensadora do mundo contemporâneo, construindo pontes para um entendimento mais profundo entre culturas.

La TED talk más popular de Chimamanda, con más de doce millones de reproducciones. «Las historias importan. Importan muchas historias. Las historias se han utilizado para desposeer y calumniar, pero también pueden usarse para facultar y humanizar. Pueden quebrar la dignidad de un pueblo, pero también pueden restaurarla.» Con su característico amor por las historias, en este manifiesto Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie hace una llamada a rechazar los relatos únicos. Se trata de su primera TED Talk, un emotivo discurso que han visto más de tres millones de personas. Con rotundidad y calidez, la autora reivindica la riqueza de la infinitud de historias que nos conforman. En este texto -que se cierra con una reflexión de la filósofa Marina Garcés- Ngozi Adichie alerta sobre los peligros de reducir una persona, un país o una cultura a un relato unívoco, pues solo cuando comprendemos que nunca existe una única historia, subraya, recuperamos una especie de paraíso. Críticas:«Un discurso fabuloso.»The New York Times «Adichie (tiene) virtuosismo, empatía sin límites y una punzante agudeza social.»Dave Eggers «He aquí una nueva escritora dotada con la habilidad de los antiguos contadores de historias.»Chinua Achebe «Una escritora que tiene mucho que decir.» The Times «Adichie está dando forma a la historia de su país. Es afortunada y nosotros, sus lectores, lo somos aún más.»Edmund White

Un libro de relatos que revela una voz madura crecida en la realidad de un país como Nigeria. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, autora ganadora del prestigioso premio Orange con su novela Medio sol amarillo, vuelve al territorio de la ficción con este volumen de cuentos, Algo alrededor de tu cuello. Conmovedores y profundos, estos relatos cuentan historias humanamente cercanas y geográficamente remotas: historias de mujeres que sufren lejos de su país de origen, historias de emigrantes que se encuentran a sí mismos en América, la tierra prometida. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, autora nigeriana, sabe hablar de África alejándose de los titulares manidos sobre ese continente, pero sin dejar de lado la historia de su país. Es una escritora interesada en cómo los asuntos públicos afectan a los individuos, interesada en analizar desde la ficción el choque entre la modernidad y la tradición, las expectativas familiares y los sueños de las nuevas generaciones. Reseñas: «Leer los relatos de Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie es un verdadero placer; la autora pertenece al reducido grupo de jóvenes escritores cuyo talento y sabiduría les separa de su propia generación debido a su gran madurez narrativa.» Yiyun Li «Algo alrededor de tu cuello, nominada al nominada al premio de relato Frank O'Connor International y al John Llewellyn Rhys, es un libro memorable.» The New York Times «Algo alrededor de tu cuello es una lectura perfecta para los tiempos que corren.» Publishers Weekly

Adaptado de su magnífica TEDx Talk del 2013, en tan solo 72 páginas Adichie nos ofrece una visión única sobre uno de los temas más controvertidos de nuestro tiempo: ¿qué significa la palabra «feminismo» hoy en día? con un estilo claro, sencillo y directo basado en experiencias personales, Adichie defiende que el feminismo es una cuestión que nos atañe a todos, y que para poder acabar con el problema de la discriminación de género es necesario que la sociedad cambie su visión acerca de lo que significa ser feminista, y un primer paso para ello es la educación de los hijos, tanto de los hombres como de las mujeres.