Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'Hair is political'
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- čas přidán 9. 04. 2013
- Award winning novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's stock is set to rise further with the release of the Hollywood treatment of her Orange prize winning novel 'Half of a Yellow Sun'. We speak to the Nigerian author during a visit to the UK.
She's stunning in every way.
Facts
Isn’t she just👌🏾
Yes she is
I liked the interview flip she did about his mother's wigs, very charming. She made it a conversation instead of an interview!
It was so interesting for an interviewer to reveal personal details about his mother in an interview . Well done Chimamanda, this shows how relaxed and natural she is as a person. Lovely, I enjoyed hearing Jon snow and her converse, would love to have heard more. x
I love this woman so much. she's courageous, eloquent and witty.
She is,I love her too.shes a beautiful person.
I was bothered by the interrupting too, but I really got the feeling that it was not ill intended. I think he was interested in what she was saying and wanted to know more, keep the conversation going. And she was great like always.
No,it's just because he really understands what she saying...and he is genuinely curious about what she is saying...he is okay,I guess
I mean Yes...I agree with your observation
Suzana, I wholeheartedly agree with you... I didn't detect any ill intent on his part & Chimamanda doesn't suffer fools gladly, so she would've shut him down had she felt that he was disrespecting her in any way!
OMGGGG Jon Snow! She cant even get a sentence out without you interrupting. We don't want to hear what you have to say, we are interesting in what SHE has to say.
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Typical racist old yte man. The way he was trying to hype of interracial relationships as mysterious and exotic lol, there is nothing exotic or mysterious about yte people that any other race needs to find out.
Maybe it's because he's intrigued by her, she does have an aura about her. Confident, intelligent, elegant and beautiful. John Snow's second wife is African too.
They try to control the narrative.
@@Mitchieboo1970 ... that's exactly what I was going to say...
You can see that Chimamanda didn't take any offence by it & that he seemed to be mesmerised by her, even at the end, when he's back in the studio, you can see by his smile that it was a fond memory for him... I think he was definitely enthralled by her... I mean... who isn't?! She's amazing!
shes so beautiful, her eyes just sparkle
I like her make up, so natural.
I have never seen Jon Snow so relaxed, mesmerised and personable with anybody in an interview. Probably because his wife is from Zimbabwe. He thought was in a coffee shop chatting and chilling :-D
Yes I agree
It's so frustrating when Jon Snow is constantly interrupting her!! Let her speak, jeeez
Jon Snow? GoT? lols
Amna Germanotta Riaz that's what men do 🙄
I felt the same...
100% agreed!
Jasmine Williams you didn’t just say that
She is so beautiful. So fearfully and wonderfully made.
He's besotted by her, like a little child who ask lot's of questions but can't wait to hear the answers!
They are both adorable in their own way.
Except he DOES INTERRUPT her a bit too much!
I agree.
Can we mention he's wearing green tie and socks to homage her country? How cool was that?
0/10 in term of coolness
@@Liza33650 Ret..
With Love from South Africa
I visited your country recently. It is SO BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE South Africa! With love from America. :-)
She's a great writer period. No need to add that she is a great African writer.
No that part is important too
Y'all need to relax with the Jon Snow critics. This is not disrespect. His job is to control the flow of the convo. I think she was perfectly at ease and able to express herself.
I think he enjoyed the story and has so many questions about it
I agree
Reading the comment section before going into the video had me thinking He would be cutting her off and be overall dismissive. But Jon Snow just seemed really excited and engaged, like a regular conversation. Yes, he jumped in a beat too early but he had intelligent questions.
I LOVE the way she responds with the subtle low voiced comebacks and then she brings her voice up a slight octave to drive her point home. Love it!
the hair convo with this staunch british man made le laugh a bit I have read both americanah and half of yellow sun.. and they were amazing, honest in their simplicity and bold in observation. its really refreshing to have this African female voice in our times
Hair is a woman's crown. I love Chimamanda
She's fabulously smart, intelligent, ( yes there is a difference,) so very self possessed, and beautiful. She also talks about things that the African American woman cannot broach, or chooses not to.
miss bookish Coming from her it's an invitation to an outside community. Coming from an Afr. Ame. woman it's complaining.
Like what?
I went natural in March this year and I've never felt so much in love with myself like I do now🥰 I feel like a queen when i show people that i don't care what they think of me i have my natural 4c no straightening👌 😁😁😁😁
I mean march last year
You go! I had long locks and cut them off last year - me and my daughter, we cut our locks off and have had an afro ever since - March/Apr 2020. We love it! And we have loved learning about our hair, how to care for it properly so it will stay moist and grow.. things I never knew growing up.. she's only 13, but as a young black woman, it's important for her to not be ashamed of her natural fro, and she's not! She wears it out anyhow!
I could go on.. we lived our locks, but nothing beats having your natural hair out 🥰😍🥰
Way to go queen!
Hair is a political statement! Totally agree. I love this woman
I really do like this women, she is so powerful in many ways. I love to listen to her speeches
This was such a beautiful interview.
Her Hair is beautifuuuulll...
As an American growing up, I never looked at magazines for what was important in women’s hair and style. I had curly/wavy hair and now I’m in my 30s with natural silver and brown curly/wavy hair
Can this lady get less great ever??!!
Such Elegance when speaking!!!
Surely a Legend in the making
Chimamanda you are amazing
The fact that they cast a mixed girl for Half of a Yellow Sun's Olanna annoys me. Like she looks nothing like Olanna was described I think Munachi Abii would have been the best actress to portray Olanna.
Nigerian names are so beautiful!!
Good questions, I wish she could actually answer those without interruptions every 5 seconds
I don't know why people think Jon was intentionally interrupting her because she's black
Me I think he liked her so much. You could see in Jon's eyes as if he can't seem to get enough of Chima. He is even telling her about his mother.
I think it was a way of flirting with chima
Like a chat between friends, both good people. 👌🏾
she is so beautiful
What a delightful woman! Great interview.
Her outfit and hair style is Amazing! Beautiful!
I would like to know if this journalist talks over all his guests like this, or if he feels more comfortable talking over her because she's a black woman.
He does this to everybody tbh it's nothing new from jonh snow.
+Melissa Mosier Well considering he married a black woman, I doubt he means anything by it. But yeah, ...let the woman talk.:D
Maybe he said "I do" for her.
Esse Quia you can still be a bigot and be married to a race you hate or dislike in order to fulfill your agenda against the ppl you hate/dislike. That spouse will end up being apart of the process and don’t even know it. Or maybe they do know about it but remain silent just to stay accepted or relevant in their circle! So his wife being black is no big deal! He can still be a bigot.
So marrying a black person doesn't mean that you're not a racist, but interrupting one means that you likely are. Do you people have any idea what logic is?
I enjoyed the interview
The way she says « aaaahhhh » 🥰❤️
Some Europeans find it hard to accept intelligent black people especially our black women
Some white people around the world find it hard to accept or believe. It really frustrates them.
What are you getting on? How does that have anything to do with the interview
You do know that he's married to a black Zimbabwean lady
Oh come on, you Zee One and others are just being discriminatory against whites and John Snow. The guy is listening and interipting as a friend would in an eager conversation, not only does he bring up area of interest I.e the hair and smiles but when the interview has ended he is still smiling and makes a jovial comment. He even gives private information out on air as part of the 'chat'. Stop trying to make something out of nothing! He is known for being one of the most open minded lefties in the country.
@@alandillon968 that’s not the kind of condescending friend I want
I have no idea why this woman is showing up in my feed, but I am well pleased! Thank you CZcams, thank you!
Great convo!
Great interview
True beauty comes from within. She's beautiful
Snow like a school boy lovely interview
I love everything about her.
Half of this sounds flirtatious
I.wouldnt mind acting in one of her films....films. wi
th right knowledge and logics.
In 6:46 minutes of interview I counted 16 times where he interrupts her.
Very true .
Why is it that African female law students are told only to present and go for moot court only In relaxed hair and wigs but not in their own natural hair? This indicates a sign of racism in the English law itself. Please I need an answer from #Chimamanda Ngozi please 🙏🏾
Beautiful woman, nice conversation. Jolly good
I wish to meet her one day 😢
Lol...I'm laughing. In Africa there are loads of hairstyles. This hairstyle is simple 😊😊😊 I love it tho😍
I like and respect how she expresses herself! She has some good points!
This lady is Exude Womanhood of the highest order and Class.
I love her... and the movie‼️
Chimamanda is my queen I aspire to be like her
She says the standard of "beutiful hair" is straight not afro, but I think her her style is stunning, it's just so classy and lady-like that I don't think anybody would have a problem with it, plus she's a beautiful woman, gosh I love her class and the way she speaks never raising her voice but with such a presence that makes people listen.
By the way, I think the interviewer was fine, he was engaging and enjoying their conversation, she was enjoying herself as well, if he would only ask questions and let her do all the talking it would feel like he didn't give a damn...
So glad I found her
Very Interesting.....👏🏽
Beautiful!
A man said corkrows😂😂😂
🤣💀💀💀
I love you Chimamanda
Visited Johannesburg on 2017. Saw nothing but straight hair, weaves, and extension on a lot sisters there. A little disappointing because I wasn't expecting it, but they were all so beautiful ❤️proud and doing extremely well. Most black Americans have no clue how bad black people had it in South africa. the apartheid wasn't the beginning of it. It went on for centuries. Thanks to the Nelson Mandela he saved the day and livelihood of black South africans!
Love her calm, sweet vibe. Give Jon Snow a break, I think he was trying to flirt lol.
Cutting off your guest while they are speaking and talking over them is not flirting, it's disrespectful.
Loved it
We as a people can claim our power by presentation through our own media outlets.
I have locs I've embraced my hair at last, going back to my roots.
The full movie pls
I feel sorry for her that he just does not get the point. A lot of work still has to be done on this topic...Americanah a first step to deconstruct Western ideal of beauty
Absolutely, and especially the hair issue, right from the start of the book when she is traveling such a long way to get her hair braided, gosh this book is just , its a conversation for the entire day
I dont find POC generally attractive,and I assume that POC dont find white people attractive. That's normal.
you open my eyes.
STOP CUTTING HER OFF GOSH I TUNED IN TO WATCH HER TALK NOT THE HOST
I KNOW!!! the interruptions are destroying the interview completely
amazing
I love her.
she's wonderful ox
An African woman makes a statement to the world ...
By the way she chooses to wear her hair !!......!!!
That is the only statement ,that cannot be taken away from her period !!!!!
Powerfully articulated. I agree fully.
It's as if they were flirting. Lovely interviews.
Leave our mukwasha(in-law) alone, Jon did a wonderful job. This was a conversation, it didn't feel like an interview to me. I felt I was eavesdropping into an interesting conversation that I had the good luck to come across.
Listen and learn bro!!!!!!!!!!
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
Talk about active listening... Its a skill the host needs to learn. I just couldn't handle those interruption🙄🙄🙄 shoooosh
So many interjections :| STOP
One question, why did they put the Nigerian flag behind the American flag?
I every culture and color for woman hair is a statement who they are.
For the Hopi tribe they had a styl that the younger would wear and when the became a woman it changed but was the same as the older woman. Our mothers and aunties taught us who we were and who we belonged.
Braids and corn rolls were for every one at a time in history. We belonged to a tribe that belonged to a nation of other tribes.
I could care less about hair style. If they can do the job and their resume backs them up with no lies on their resume then hire them asap!
But the flip side if the political hair violates safety rules for job that could be dangerous then yes do not hire them or demand either they cut their hair or
take care of their hair in a manner that will satisfy the safety requirements.
Who said you can’t be very intelligent and gorgeously good looking lol
Hair is political,,,my representation of my hair is ,,,,
I think the most ridiculous thing in Half a yellow sun, was casting a mixed race person and a black person ad twins. I know Thandie Newton had a tan/dark make-up, at the start if the film - but it was purely foolish.
Very interesting observation ,why was the flag of US bigger and bolder than the Nigerian flag ?She is Nigerian .right ..at the beginning ,then they think they realised and made it similarly equal
He is married to a Zimbabwe woman.
I think she's beautiful
I love her to death!! She’s wonderful
Love the way Jon snow interacts with interviewees. Him, crishnan guru Murphy and of course sir Trevor McDonald are by far the best we have in uk journalism
did i just hear a line insinuating toxicity in interracial marriages from Snow?
😍😍
Nice african purple print. Can this be got in india
I think if she thought he was being rude she would have checked him respectfully like she has done other interviewers ...particularly French reporters ...frankly though it did bother me that he kept interrupting, but none the less I love her and yes our hair is political 😬😬💁♀️
Hair is absolutely political. Conservative styles, avant garde styles, natural color vs bleached blonde or pink/purple/blue, urban styles, rural styles, high maintenance or low maintenance, natural Afro or straightened. With chemicals, women can do almost anything with their hair. Cultures and sub-cultures have norms. Remember the Beetles hair cuts, the journey between 1950s conservative to 1960s flower power and free love long hair.
I hate how the host keeps interrupting before she even gets to the point of what she wants to say!!
You are obsessed with hair as you stated in an interview in April 2013/. I have only listened to you during speaking engagements, never once heard you mentioned hair. But interviews always give more depth. I find this interesting since you consider yourself a feminist. Glad to see you honest with your insecurities. I have never cared about another woman's texture or hair. For some reason, this has been all the rage in the US. Fore years but since 2010 it is out of control. Not a month that goes by that someone doesn't ask me about my hair. Most frightening was when someone asks me if those were my edges. I ignored such a question.
Don't advertise your ignorance in public. It's not a good look... Protective hairstyle for people with afro hair is not an insecurity. If the content bothers you so much, you can find something else online.
@@lariyo9122 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣Now that's an ouch 🤕 moment.