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ENG 102 - English Composition 2 (Stacey): Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A collection of online resources for Professor Stacey's ENG 102 Class.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer who publishes in English; her work includes novels, nonfiction, and short stories. In 2008, at the age of 31, she won a MacArthur Genius Grant. Her 2012 TEDx Talk, "We Should All Be Feminists," was famously sampled on Beyoncé's song, "Flawless" in 2013. 

Use the links below to learn more or visit her official website

Articles about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Her Work

MacFarquhar, Larissa. "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Comes to Terms with Global Fame." The New Yorker. 28 May 2018, 

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/04/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-comes-to-terms-with-global-fame.

Accessed 11 April 2019.

Phiri, Aretha. “Expanding Black Subjectivities in Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon and Chimamanda Ngozi

Adichie’s Americanah.” Cultural Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 121–142. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1080/09502386.2016.1232422.

Reese, Hope. "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: I Became Black in America." JSTOR Daily, 29 August 2018, 

daily.jstor.org/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-i-became-black-in-america. Accessed 11 April 2019. 

Weir, Keziah. "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Believes in Humane Capitalism.Vanity Fair, April 2019, 

www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/03/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-believes-in-humane-capitalism. Accessed 11 April 2019. 

The Danger of a Single Story

Biographical Information

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - from Contemporary Authors Online, 2018.