Thursday 29 November 2018

Sunday Reading : Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is Nigerian novelist/ writer . In 2008 , Adichie was awarded a MacArthur genius grant . She is excellent speaker.




She has written the novels,
Purele hibiscus
Half of the yellow sun
Americanah
The things around your neck ( short story collection )
We should all be feminist ( Book length essay )


she is also very good speaker 
 There are  her three most popular talks.

1)  The Danger of a single story

  • In this topic she talked about danger of a single story.
  • In this video she talk about her family, her childhood writing, her view about the literature and also she talked about the danger of reading single story about any place, country and people that you can not judge anyone without any kind of authentication.
  • In this talk, she said that she read and write only about British story and white characters with Blue eyes. 
  • First she simpla immitate the things that she read. Bht as soon as her reading grows she started reading about the thing actually she found around her self. 
  • We found that she simply speak that the thinks she never found around her she write about that.  This shows the denger of single reading that she wrote the things she never feel.  It also shows the power of colonialism. 
  • Though she don't know anything about the life of white people she write about them. The roommate scene also shows thinking of white people about black.

2) We should all be feminist


When she began talk about Faminisam first she talks about her personal experience that she wants to be monitor in class but her teacher simply refund her because she was girl. Ferther she says that boys always pay for girl to prove her masculine. Their ego never allow them to bag in front of girl. Marriage is for them is about ownnership. She also says that we 
should focus on  ability rather then the gender. In culture virginity is more important for girl then boy. This also shows the our nerrow  mind set. We also feel that child is only responsibility of both not only man.


3) Talk on importance of truth in post truth Era

In third video is on well known term Post truth and truth. we all belives in the truth which was said by some political leaders. we should search truth in order to live life healthy. because if we believe in every word which they say we may lead to the downfall of democracy or an individual one. She says that most of the time politic force to lie. She also says you must not  tell truth because it's work but after telling truth you can sleep well. She also says that never stop your self to tell truth. Be courageous accept that life is messy. Your life is not always perfectly match with your ideology. She also talk about self doubt and self believe.


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