Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Thing Around Your Neck

Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses her collection of twelve short stories in The Thing Around Your Neck, exploring how Americans and Africans view each other's way of life and the misconceptions they have about one another. This interview was conducted on a 2009 episode of "Conversations On The Coast" with host Jim Foster in San Francisco, California. The book was published by Alfred A. Knopf.

[@thisismystone9658]

I like her grace.. I wish to have that grace in speech.

[@tneita3166]

SHE IS A QUEEN,,,. Have a good day,,,.

[@lovemoremuvuvu2026]

I am afraid of her...you imagine that kind of an intelligent female classmate that you long for but can never gather the courage to tell her and you have a feeling she can read right through your mind

[@tneita3166]

I'AM AFRAID OF HER,, UMM,,,. Have a good day,,,.

[@Ikok8523]

Madame Oga

[@sylvesteremeana8877]

Nwa ọma eji eje mba

[@touremamoudou1922]

Adichie, what do you have around your neck?

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[@charlottemoriarty2846]

This interview is such a wasted opportunity. 90% of the „conversation“ is the host telling the author what her books are about or what British newspapers have said about her.
It is particularly jarring that he insists on reading excerpts from her book, stumbling and mispronouncing words with which he is not familiar which spoils the impact of the passage when he has someone there who not only can pronounce these words and names perfectly but passionately knows and understands them, when by his own admission, he had only read the story that morning since the ending caused him to postpone his breakfast that morning.
Ngoni Adichie is one of the most articulate voices on this issues in her books and it is a total waste to not listen to that voice when you have the opportunity.

[@gummibaum08]

Completely agree. She has a lot to say and her intelligence and grace are paired with great beauty.