![]() ![]() Last week, she published a three-part essay entitled It Is Obscene, which went viral, picked up by newspapers across the world. In a world of contested identities, this has inevitably drawn her into a number of controversies, most notably with trans activists. Much of Adichie’s work wrestles with questions of identity in a globalised world and, in particular, what it means to be black and to be a woman. She has also become a fierce protagonist in debates over racism, feminism and free speech. Through a series of beautifully observed novels that deftly map the fractures of the contemporary world – Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah – Adichie has become one of the most eloquent voices of anglophone Africa. Each post scraped off yet one more scale of self until she felt naked and false.” So wrote Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about Ifemelu, the central character in her 2013 novel Americanah. ![]() ![]() ‘T he more she wrote, the less sure she became. ![]()
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