‘We Must Unite’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Rallying Cry At Nigerian Literature Festival - Thepodiummedia

‘We Must Unite’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Rallying Cry At Nigerian Literature Festival - Thepodiummedia

As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie took to the stage in a hall in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu, dressed in a vibrant burnt orange African-print outfit, her hair styled in an elegant afro, the audience clapped and ululated in appreciation. “It’s always a homecoming when I return to the south-east,” the novelist, who was born in the city, began. “But it no longer feels like home – the calm, the warmth, the essence seems to have faded,” she ad…

‘We Must Unite’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Rallying Cry At Nigerian Literature Festival - Global Upfront Newspapers

Author’s keynote speech calls for preservation of Igbo worldview, culture and traditions amid separatist movement turning increasingly violent As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie took to the stage in a hall in the South-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu, dressed in a vibrant burnt orange African-print outfit, her hair styled in an elegant afro, the audience clapped and ululated in appreciation. “It’s always a homecoming when I return to the south-east,” th…