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An Interview with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Believer Magazine
Publish Date
January 1, 2009
Interviewees
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Interviewers
Joshua Jelly-Shapiro
Publisher
Believer Magazine
Topics
African literature
Biafra war
Civil war in Nigeria
colonialism
Family dynamics
immigration
Language and identity
nation-building
Representation of Africa in Western media
Violence in storytelling
People Mentioned
Amos Tutuola
Andrew Lewis Conn
Art Spiegelman
Binyavanga Wainaina
Charles Burns
Chinua Achebe
Chris Abani
Dinaw Mengestu
Helen Oyeyemi
Ishmael Beah
Jamaica Kincaid
James Baldwin
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Lane Milburn
Leopoldine Core
Michael Ondaatje
Nadine Gordimer
Philip Roth
Terry Nguyễn
Works Mentioned
Anil’s Ghost
Arrow of God
Autobiography of My Mother
Decolonizing the Mind
Half of A Yellow Sun
Maus
Purple Hibiscus
The Counterlife
The Palm Wine Drinkard
Things Fall Apart
Places Mentioned
Congo
Enugu
Kenya
Lagos
Los Angeles
Nigeria
Nsukka
Sierra Leone
United States
Washington D.C.
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