Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie: Likeness

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie is Nigerian writer. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
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“That her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and looking out”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Americanah

Source: Americanah

Housing

“Maybe it’s time to just scrap the word “racist.” Find something new. Like Racial Disorder Syndrome. And we could have different categories for sufferers of this syndrome: mild, medium, and acute.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Americanah

Source: Americanah

Suffering , Time

“Relaxing your hair is like being in prison. You're caged in. Your hair rules you. You didn't go running with Curt today because you don't want to sweat out this straightness. You're always battling to make your hair do what it wasn't meant to do.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Americanah

Source: Americanah

“She had always liked this image of herself as too much trouble, as different, and she sometimes thought of it as a carapace that kept her safe.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Americanah

Source: Americanah

“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Americanah

Source: Americanah

Feeling , Time

“Being defiant can be a good thing sometimes," Aunty Ifeoma said. "Defiance is like marijuana - it is not a bad thing when it is used right.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie book Purple Hibiscus

Source: Purple Hibiscus

Marijuana

“I like politics and history and am happiest when having a good argument about ideas.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie We Should All Be Feminists

Source: We Should All Be Feminists

History , Idea

“I don’t think I’m more inherently likely to do domestic work, or childcare ... It doesn’t come pre-programmed in your vagina, right?”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie

On how she views gender as a social construct in “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘This could be the beginning of a revolution’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/28/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-feminism-racism-sexism-gender-metoo in The Guardian (2018 Apr 28)

Thinking

“I don’t think I’m more inherently likely to do domestic work, or childcare … It doesn’t come pre-programmed in your vagina, right?”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie

On how she views gender as a social construct in “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘This could be the beginning of a revolution’” https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/28/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-feminism-racism-sexism-gender-metoo in The Guardian (2018 Apr 28)

Thinking

“"In Nigeria I'm not black…We don't do race in Nigeria. We do ethnicity a lot, but not race. My friends here don't really get it. Some of them sound like white Southerners from 1940. They say, 'Why are black people complaining about race? Racism doesn't exist!'”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie

It's just not a part of their existence."

On how views of race differ in Nigeria than the United States in “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ‘I Wanted To Claim My Own Name’” https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-novelist-ted-speaker-interview in Vogue (2015 Nov 3)

People

“Creative writing programmes are not very necessary. They just exist so that people like us can make a living.”

Chi­ma­man­da Ngo­zi Adi­chie

On Money and wealth
Source: https://sheleadsafrica.org/20-powerful-chimamanda-adichie-quotes-for-todays-boss-women/

People