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Chimamanda | chimamanda.com<br />
OVERLAPPING STORIES<br />
Craving empowerment and<br />
inspiration? Look no further than<br />
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie<br />
If you’re not already aware of<br />
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, then start<br />
consuming all her content, immediately.<br />
With her elegance and wit, it’s no wonder<br />
her award-winning work has been<br />
translated into more than 30 languages,<br />
and has been published in ‘The New<br />
Yorker’, and the ‘Financial Times’, among others. With her<br />
rallying call for 21st century feminism, Chimamanda shares<br />
insight, and draws on her own experiences to promote inclusion,<br />
and raise awareness of the discrimination in the world.<br />
Read: We Should All Be Feminists (Fourth Estate, £5.99)<br />
Based on her iconic TEDx talk of the same name,<br />
Chimamanda pens this powerful and eloquent essay to<br />
share her unique definition of 21st century feminism. While<br />
drawing on her own experiences, she puts the spotlight<br />
on discrimination and behaviours around the world that<br />
marginalise women. It’s an inspirational read, empowering<br />
both men and women to live true to themselves, in her witty<br />
style that explains why the gender divide is harmful for all.<br />
An absolute must-read.<br />
Watch: The danger of a single story on TEDGlobal<br />
You can’t write<br />
a script in your<br />
mind, and then<br />
force yourself<br />
to follow it.<br />
You have to let<br />
yourself be<br />
– CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE<br />
Viewed more than 22.7 million times, Chimamanda’s<br />
TEDGlobal talk from 2009 is an essential watch to broaden<br />
your perspective. She shares insight on the power of<br />
representation, and how singular stories can perpetuate<br />
stereotypes. The problem with seeing only one story?<br />
Chimamanda explains: “It robs people of dignity. It makes<br />
our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasises<br />
how we are different, rather than how we are similar.”<br />
From her own experience of both sides of this,<br />
Chimamanda shares, with humour and wisdom, how she<br />
found her own authentic cultural voice, and how important<br />
it is to appreciate and see the many overlapping stories that<br />
create a person, and culture.<br />
Listen: ICYMI Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on How to Raise a<br />
Feminist Child on ‘The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Ears<br />
Edition’ podcast<br />
Chimamanda discusses negative stereotypes around<br />
feminism, and gender roles with host of Comedy Central’s<br />
The Daily Show, Trevor Noah.<br />
Follow: Instagram @chimamanda_adichie
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