In Defence of Western Journalists In Africa
A few years ago, baffled by unfolding events in Darfur, I went to listen to an academic speak at London’s Frontline Club. A recognised expert on Sudan, he began by […]
Tag Archives: Chimamanda Adichie
International Blackness vs. Homegrown Negroes: Lupita, Chimamanda, Thandie and me
Debate about skin tone is often cyclical and absolute — light skinned equals privilege, dark equals rejected. “She is very white!” Revered Swedish film critic Jannike Ahlund watches a clip […]
It Happened To Me
I got a job in New York City a few years ago. I was new to the American North; I still reeked of the South. Pillsbury biscuits, Georgian peaches and […]
Ikhide Ikheloa: Notes From My Middle Passage
Nothing could prepare me for America, writes Ikhide Ikheloa The Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has said that she did not realize she was black until she came to America. […]
Book Review: Americanah By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
THIS big, involved and ambitious novel by the Orange Prize-winning author of Half Of A Yellow Sun is partly a provocation on the raw subject of race, partly a sexy, […]
Don’t Call Me ‘Aje Butter,’ Call Me Chikaodinaka Oduah!
I no sabi twist ma lips and tongue to say “ogogoro” or “kakaraka.” Pidgin bin no dey around me where dem born me, when I bin dey grow. So you […]
Afrocentric Confessions 