While writing 'Half of a Yellow Sun,' I enjoyed playing with minor things: inventing a train station in a town that has none, placing towns... →
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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... →
Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the West, gender roles... →
I think I'm ridiculously fortunate. I consider myself a Nigerian - that's home; my sensibility is Nigerian. But I like America, and I like... →
I divide my time between Columbia, Maryland, and Lagos, Nigeria.
I sort of consider myself a Nigerian who spends a lot of time in the U.S.
I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I... →
Kate Adie
I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.
I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a... →
On the whole, when the unexpected danger happens to you, you're thinking so fast, you're thinking so hard, every bit of you is alive to... →