Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘I believe literature is in peril’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie comes out fighting for freedom of speech
As the BBC prepares to air her hard-hitting Reith Lecture, the celebrated author of Half of a Yellow Sun talks about truth, trans rights and our ‘misogyny-drenched’ planet. Plus: read an extract
Zoe Williams
28, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
In brief: Dandelions; Good Reasons to Die; Notes on Grief – reviews
An erudite Italian memoir, a suspenseful Chornobyl-set thriller, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s moving essay about the death of her father
Ben East
18, Sep, 2022 @12:00 PM
Top 10 books about dual identity | Hafsa Zayyan
Writers from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Ali Smith depict the delicate balancing acts required to reconcile different heritages
Hafsa Zayyan
31, Aug, 2022 @11:00 AM
Top 10 novels about novelists | Louise Dean
From Louisa May Alcott to Philip Roth and Michael Chabon, writers of fiction have long been fascinated by the dramas of their own trade
Louise Dean
01, Dec, 2021 @12:00 PM
Top 10 books about the aftermath of empire | Madeleine Bunting
From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to John le Carré, the novelist recommends reading about a vast, anguished legacy
Madeleine Bunting
14, Jul, 2021 @10:35 AM
Notes on Grief; Cloud Studies; The Long Waited, Weighted, Gathering – review
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s reflections on the death of her father resist the confines of the stage
Kate Kellaway
11, Jul, 2021 @10:00 AM
It’s a pity not everyone can access the memorial to a struggle for equality
The stone mound to the Peterloo massacre invites people to step up to say their piece, but overlooks wheelchair users
Rowan Moore
11, Jul, 2021 @6:00 AM
Notes on Grief review – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie essay sketched on stage
The novelist’s article about her father’s death was expanded into a book and has now become a play but it feels limited
Arifa Akbar
07, Jul, 2021 @12:23 PM
People have told me I’m on the wrong side of history, but I still want to be their friend | Hadley Freeman
I don’t drop people I disagree with from my life – but for many liberals, differences of opinion have become unacceptable
Hadley Freeman
26, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM
‘It is obscene’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pens blistering essay against social media sanctimony
The novelist describes helping two writers who went on to insult her online, and condemns era of ‘angels jostling to out-angel one another’
Alison Flood
16, Jun, 2021 @2:45 PM
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie review – the malicious surprise
The author reflects on the loss of her father, mourned at a distance during the pandemic, in an exquisitely written tribute
Catherine Taylor
15, May, 2021 @9:00 AM
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie review – a moving account of a daughter’s sorrow
The novelist joins the list of great writers reflecting on loss with this eloquent meditation on her father’s death
Nicci Gerrard
09, May, 2021 @6:00 AM
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