Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on love, race and hair

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11 жыл бұрын

Award winning African author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells Jon Snow why her latest book Americanah mirrors some of the central issues of her own life; race, immigration and the power of hair.

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@OMGitsShrimp 9 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who is like in love with her voice and accent? I can listen to her speak for hours!

@joeyam3480 9 жыл бұрын

OMGitsShrimp You're not the only one, my friend.

@abbieamavi 8 жыл бұрын

+OMGitsShrimp Yes yes yes!! I think most people re, also she is a very smart woman(: I think she is so beautiful , and her accent is to die for honestly!

@abbieamavi 8 жыл бұрын

Anthonia Grace Yes, I believe she does. Or more correctly, she pronounces regular English to make it sound so melodious and beautiful(: The words have rich slightly altered undertones of French too, I love it!!

@always-stay-positive5187 8 жыл бұрын

Are you female or male? I am male and I really love her voice and personality.

@abbieamavi 8 жыл бұрын

Always-Stay-Positive I'm female, haha I just love her face and voice yeah she's beautiful, very smart too!!

@picassomicasso1 10 жыл бұрын

She's a beauty. Intelligent AND a brilliant writer!

@philipokechukwu6743 5 жыл бұрын

Very true

@marimar25 9 жыл бұрын

I wish the interviewer had actually allowed her to answer some of his questions. I really like Chimamanda and what she has to say.

@lulima8064 6 жыл бұрын

Marisela Mendoza Brakebill Old white man. He is probably used to being the one speaking even when he is the interviewer.

@olalekebiodun8867 5 жыл бұрын

Marisela Mendoza Brakebill hello princess

@user-xi8kg6js9n 5 ай бұрын

He’s a nice man actually, but his job was mostly interviewing politicians, and I think he hadn’t adjusted his style properly for this interview. It comes across as if he’s grilling her a bit, which is unfortunate.

@CJJohnson 10 жыл бұрын

She is such an author role model. I love her poise, confidence, balance. She has made a career for herself telling the stories that mean the most to her, and they just to happen to be the stories that we need to hear...ShesSuchAnInspiration :)

@MissNatalonga 10 жыл бұрын

I agree with you 100%.

@BBrunnel 8 жыл бұрын

+CJ Johnson She is one of my favourites! She's so inspirational... I just love her

@seunvictoria2580 7 жыл бұрын

I'm positively in love with everything Chimamanda represents as an African woman and as an intellectual icon

@TravelmakerKai 10 жыл бұрын

"No we can't stop talking about race… There's no such thing as color-blindness." Chimamanda hit the nail on the head! Will be getting my copy of the book.

@Ilokin69 10 жыл бұрын

Also are you fucking simple? Yes, there is such a thing as color-blindness. Do you even gene process?

@Ilokin69 10 жыл бұрын

Hahaha fair enough. You have to agree that there is a difference between color-blindness and the idea that people are isolated from their environments.

@TravelmakerKai 10 жыл бұрын

Isolated from their environments?... Then people choose not to see!

@2write2sing2dance 9 жыл бұрын

If there was such a thing as colour blindness, why is there racism right?! Its laughable when people (not particularly him) use the term and have no understanding of how it really doesn't apply to how people experience life in the Western world. Also love the point she made about how very segregated US is and how that impacts a lot of things...

@celyrosemonde2706 5 жыл бұрын

Travelmaker Kai at what mark does she say that?

@zandilembatha1754 8 жыл бұрын

My lecturer lent me Americanah last year and i fell in love with Chimamanda n when i heard her We Should All be Feminists and Dangers of a Single Story i was blown away

@mauleenpeart612 4 жыл бұрын

zandile mbatha , I still listen to “ the danger of a single story” talk! She blows my mind! I adore this woman!

@serestinehaitembu2941 10 жыл бұрын

she gives me hope. what an amazing lady.

@kathybramley5609 7 жыл бұрын

Serestine Haitembu I'm glad.

@kathybramley5609 7 жыл бұрын

Serestine Haitembu I like her too.

@mwaambigmbuui874 5 жыл бұрын

Same here! Hope like a fountain!!

@mimilove7284 8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic she interviews so well! Body language, demeanour and diplomacy!! As a Nigeria I totally understand why she respond s the way she does!! Very intelligent and sharp!

@majumpjump 8 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@yesitstemi2517 8 жыл бұрын

+Aso Paso That is not race, but ethnicity. And also, you must not know about Nigerians very well if you do not know that we try to speak diplomatically.

@dubemokolo3926 6 жыл бұрын

know The Way I would take it that you have not watched her other videos. Try to enlighten yourself before airing an opinion.

@asanwa3126 5 жыл бұрын

She has a Nigerian degree from UNN. Ode!

@nomfundo_12_dlamini7 5 жыл бұрын

@know The Way even if she wanted to eradicate all Problems in Nigeria, she can't on her own and surely you yourself cannot bring your own country to justice

@evelynildefonso766 4 жыл бұрын

She's a well-rounded, brilliant and stunning woman of substance..

@Stand4sumtin 7 жыл бұрын

I could listen to her for hours

@BRY7007 9 жыл бұрын

I am so Taken by her.

@luisabundez5232 8 жыл бұрын

yt22+++90 9 w 14 e 5 y dar

@Dukie_2 10 жыл бұрын

I admire her so much.

@yasmeentarek1221 8 жыл бұрын

What an absolutely stunning and admirable woman

@morganjones4281 8 жыл бұрын

Some of these questions were so cringeworthy :( but she handled it well.

@shannonhill1249 7 жыл бұрын

Morgan Jones qI

@brunoaraujo7016 6 жыл бұрын

'some of them' is kind of yours.

@sanra167 6 жыл бұрын

How?

@ulunmaagu9318 6 жыл бұрын

Morgan Jones I

@realpixelsaga 8 жыл бұрын

I liked how challenging this interview was. She delivered flawlessly and you could tell she poured her soul into the book

@kijiji93 7 жыл бұрын

"flawlessly" haha good pun

@manjinghennessy3231 6 жыл бұрын

"I see uno a bit about black ppl hair"😂😂😂😭 shade

@vishakhajauhari7234 7 жыл бұрын

She reminds me of "Phenomenal Woman". Phenomenally. :)

@mauleenpeart612 4 жыл бұрын

Having read some of the responses, let me opined by saying that the interviewer might just wanted to push as many questions in as possible given the short time frame of the interview! I didn’t get the feeling he was condescending but probing he was! That’s the hall mark of a great interviewer!! Having said that, let me join you in saying that Chimamanda is a class act! She is holistically poised, highly intelligent and an exceptional writer! I have read almost all of her books, listened to most of her interviews and speeches and I just cannot get enough of her! I am Jamaican with 58% Nigerian according to my DNA profile! I hope I am from the Igbo tribe! Lol! I just love this young accomplished woman!

@OgePatrick 4 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in hair too. I'm interested in black women wearing their hair the way it grows from their head. Love you, Amanda. You are all colors of amazing.

@Lineoutt 9 жыл бұрын

Was anyone else slightly annoyed by how much he interrupted and cut her off...

@yorealest9809 8 жыл бұрын

+Lineoutt i think that's the way it works.. don't quote me on that though

@always-stay-positive5187 8 жыл бұрын

No. The time was short and he was as eager as yourself.

@thehumbleclown2219 4 жыл бұрын

i barely noticed that bt ok.

@dragonballov 3 жыл бұрын

Think he was just excited

@elisiaw5515 3 жыл бұрын

No I actually liked how engaged he was

@kuchojoe500 3 жыл бұрын

You are taking mamma Africa to the highest level... So pound of you for been proudly a daughter of mamma Africa ❤️🌍

@Ezzyyie 9 жыл бұрын

I love this woman so much, She says everything i feel!

@madukaebuka506 4 жыл бұрын

She is good

@dotunn 4 жыл бұрын

I live in the UK and currently work in media, I assure you the interviewer was perfectly fine. This is a television spot with time management vital during an interview. This is not a ted talk or a university speaking seminar. I respect everyone wants to hear chimamanda express herself fully, better you watch a speaking engagement or seminar she has done not a TV channel special. These are short programs that have to be managed well and controlled by the anchor. At least she wasn't interviewed by piers Morgan.

@katzwhite5962 3 жыл бұрын

Dotunn Finally, someone with sense in the comments. Why are people complaining about his interviewing style? He is a Journalist and his job is to elicit the answer from the interviewee so that all viewers understand what is being discussed. Some people on here trying to make it a racial matter. Wth?? His wife is Black. He is aware and in touch. I've grown up watching him. Shut up haters. It was so good to read your reply. Hi five to you brother.👍🏿👏🏿 UK 🇬🇧

@toonmili03 10 жыл бұрын

She took five years because its genius. The word selection... I can't get over it.

@hibajendoubi7938 9 жыл бұрын

i loooove her. incredible woman

@jibsmokestack1 3 жыл бұрын

Smart and beautiful Igbo lady. Bet she makes a mean jollof as well. Spectacular woman! ❤️

@stevenlee2484 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you to the interviewer for not antagonising her or being rude (like some BBC freak in another interview I just watched). She is an amazing woman.

@adamstein4104 9 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Even though I can tell there is a lot he doesn't understand about racial issues (not to make it sound like I am an expert, because I'm not), I think people are being a little too hard on him. He seems like a nice guy even if he isn't savvy about certain things. He seems to be trying to understand what she's saying to the best of his ability. The most obnoxious interviewer I've seen on KZfaq is this guy who interviewed Susan Sontag back in the day, and she totally let him know how full of shit he was

@always-stay-positive5187 8 жыл бұрын

Please can you post me that Bbc interview? Thanks.

@alainaluu 7 жыл бұрын

she is such a beautiful and magnetic speaker. I've probably spent the last hour watching her.

@LakechB 10 жыл бұрын

I really like your saying about the society image 'straight hair is beautiful'... I never thought of it as an influence of the western. what a thoughtful women. I like the way you expressed it as well.

@Drehgab 7 жыл бұрын

She's so attractive

@AdeolaSpeaks 8 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore her! She's strong, beautiful and opinionated. A true inspiration!!

@thembiskosana3910 5 жыл бұрын

I just love this woman, she is enchanting. She speaks with this natural sensuality that keeps you glued to her. Her take on things is just so agreeable to me.

@BusinessViewTube 6 жыл бұрын

She certainly is a great speaker.

@titanicinspiration6093 7 жыл бұрын

I must say, Chimamanda is incredibly well-spoken. This interview made me burst with laughter and reflect on my own life at the same time. It's interesting she said the first time she noticed race was when she came to the USA. I was raised colorblind, so growing up I don't remember a single thing with regard to race. It's only now in college, that my perceptions involving race have been enlightened (to say the least)

@noxoloursulakhoza9666 5 жыл бұрын

I could not overlook the hesitation and this sense of shame/discomfort when questioned about his mother's wigs. Hair really does mean a lot to some people.

@thinblacknoodles 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly loved how she executed that questioning 😂

@katzwhite5962 3 жыл бұрын

I think people have misunderstood Jon Snow, the Journalist and interviewer. Ive grown up watching him on TV. All Journalists have a limited timeslot to elicit as much info as pos from the interviewee and make that info understandable to as many people as pos. His way of interviewing is distinctive. Ha ha! Check out his interview with Russell Brand on You Tube. Some have tried to use the race card here. Well, he has been married for many years to a Black woman. So he is more in touch and aware than you think. UK 🇬🇧 👍🏿

@respectisreciprocal3597 4 жыл бұрын

I love everything about this chimamanda with passion.

@Oli3TB76 10 жыл бұрын

This lady.. effortlessly brilliant

@TwinkleStore 10 жыл бұрын

What a stunning woman! Just luminous!

@akshitamogaveera5192 8 жыл бұрын

shes my role model

@nobym4342 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad that I got to know about this lady, she's such an inspiration... Just love her

@annemiedebodt6977 4 жыл бұрын

A lady with true class!

@MYbelieveNachieve 9 жыл бұрын

I really don't understand why he kept cutting her off when she would try to answer his questions.

@sentinel7517 9 жыл бұрын

believeNachieve I don't understand why either but it was incredibly annoying.

@seimela 9 жыл бұрын

believeNachieve INTIMIDATED MY HER beauty

@Amzzz101 9 жыл бұрын

shand seimela or her intelligence?

@seimela 9 жыл бұрын

also her intelli

@yokie52 6 жыл бұрын

Really?! You don't know why...he's an old white man...they trounce all over women in conversation.

@vickkinorton1805 5 жыл бұрын

Hair is such a beautiful expression of who you like to reflect your true self. 💘 it 😊

@lilkamalosman 10 жыл бұрын

I so enjoy her conversation 👏👏❤️

@gregmuscovalley3791 2 жыл бұрын

Her intellect poise strenght and beauty are singularly awsome together she is illuminating with a gravitational pull.

@decruzyserao6994 3 жыл бұрын

She is a spectacular author...read her book Americanah you will love it💖 She is so beautiful and regal 😊

@jemimahnjoroge1322 3 жыл бұрын

She's so beautiful, glowing, beautiful hairstyle 😍😍

@carlmavinnbenson8533 9 жыл бұрын

intellect, calm, confident,Luv this treasure of a woman

@5hineepropertyofleetaemin 11 ай бұрын

I love Jon, his curiosity, his questions and engagement

@adeyemovictor 9 жыл бұрын

She's the best!!! She even speak the truth. (y)

@awahfelix5071 9 жыл бұрын

Victor Adeyemo Lol Victor

@adeyemovictor 9 жыл бұрын

Awah Felix Electricity and all those convenient things..., "I also like I can leave Nigeria" those are the core truth :D

@2msvalkyrie529 Жыл бұрын

Being Nigerian is fantastic ! If you're rich like Ms Adichie. If you're not rich or well connected....think again.!

@yadokgodwill2521 6 жыл бұрын

I believe hair is really important because many people judge it as they would with skin colour. People with afro hairs are immediately almost always considered black.

@laurademarrais3248 4 жыл бұрын

November... 2019. She is amazing.

@ximilixaca 10 жыл бұрын

I love this woman!

@everythingbeautifulbeautif7504 4 жыл бұрын

I love you too ❤❤❤😚😚😚😜

@veronicamoton5250 6 жыл бұрын

The layer of understanding each others experiences....yes and connecting to them

@mamefosua 4 жыл бұрын

Beauty and brains . It doesn't get better than that. She makes me so proud to be African.

@chamisa77 4 жыл бұрын

I so love everything about this woman.

@JJJJ-wx1yv 3 жыл бұрын

Well spoken, well presented and love u sister. I love the debate u had on donal trump 4 years ago where this old man didnt accept racism.

@toluplanb1584 6 жыл бұрын

as usual......on point ! fantastic

@Ella_3110 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful women with beautful mind....flawless

@mbalimamba915 8 жыл бұрын

she is my hero!!!!

@kweju3 9 жыл бұрын

She's beautiful...in many ways.

@livluvlive 9 жыл бұрын

When he says love between two Nigerians is more organic because they share the same country is pretty frightening. He seems to say you can only fall in love well with someone from the same exact background as you... Pretty old-fashioned and close-minded

@sarahjustice526 5 жыл бұрын

True

@ikennaiwuchukwu6949 4 жыл бұрын

You may take her on that, absolutely you do not understand where her statement comes from, you are the one who has close mind. When you dont understand ones reality so don't just make assumptions that she is old fashioned. Besides, have you travelled more like her and mix with people of different backgrounds and races. She knows the reasons why she said it. Stop being a hater.....

@katzwhite5962 3 жыл бұрын

livluvlive Not true hon. His wife of many years is a Black woman.

@katzwhite5962 3 жыл бұрын

@@sarahjustice526 Not true. His wife is a Black woman.

@davidbak6984 2 жыл бұрын

She‘s so stunning & inspiring, love her! 😍

@madukaaustin9931 10 жыл бұрын

she inspires me for really.

@vmaxwell0798 3 жыл бұрын

I'm finding some of his questions rude and silly, but absolutely love her.

@veronicamoton5250 6 жыл бұрын

She dresses Superbly! :)

@glamboss3097 6 жыл бұрын

her gap is so beautiful 😍 she is so amazing

@mamayaaopoku6284 7 жыл бұрын

I liked the interviewer as well. He is genuinely interested and sweet.

@dblck9 5 жыл бұрын

Yes. I don't know why they speak so badly of him in the comments. They're both sweet and you can tell she's comfortable with him.

@OgePatrick 4 жыл бұрын

@@dblck9 I think so too. If he was in a hurry, I guess its because he has limited time.

@katzwhite5962 3 жыл бұрын

@@dblck9 His wife is Black. So his is aware and in the know 🙂👍🏿

@katzwhite5962 3 жыл бұрын

Malaysia. His wife is Black. So he is aware and in the know🙂👍🏿

@Kalyopa Жыл бұрын

I wish all our African women could emulate Chimamanda concerning hair

@dianaejaita2567 10 жыл бұрын

love her!

@cormoify 7 жыл бұрын

amazing woman. I want to be her friend.

@ovieonojeghuo8347 5 жыл бұрын

Am 💯% Proud Of You My Sister....

@faridamoeneclaeydakhouche9517 6 жыл бұрын

I love CHIMAMNDA NGOZI ADICHIE 😍😍😍😍.

@angel-ke9vs 7 жыл бұрын

I love her book it opened my eyes to issues I never thought about before and it helped me understand the USA's election a bit more still a bit confused though

@francisatteh7893 3 жыл бұрын

Love u ma,I always looking forward to ur videos on KZfaq, it has inspired me alot🙏

@IGBOYORUBAHausaNaijaIGBO7 4 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back hear.

@BangdeBang 6 жыл бұрын

I love her sooo much

@D.Drayton Жыл бұрын

She was so patient and gracious with his ignorance. He’s exhausting.

@kuchojoe500 3 жыл бұрын

So proud of you... So beautiful you are 🌍🌹

@kaztazable 10 жыл бұрын

i love her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@FieberJustinBieber 10 жыл бұрын

She is very beautiful.. 😍

@kofirey6752 3 жыл бұрын

He was leading the messenger with race! Chimamanda Never adressed race.

@katzwhite5962 3 жыл бұрын

Kofi Rey Jon Snow is a brillant journalist. I've grown up watching him. He is aware and in the know. His wife is Black. UK 🇬🇧 🙂👍🏿

@sboneloxaba566 4 жыл бұрын

She should run for President of Nigeria

@martinm6108 5 жыл бұрын

Such an intelligent woman

@user-qd1wk2ur7s Жыл бұрын

Represents all black women in the world, beautiful and intelligent

@kemlaurin 7 жыл бұрын

Grace!

@akuatimpabi6800 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing speaker

@matholemacwele5987 8 жыл бұрын

she is a beauty

@freespirit7878 6 жыл бұрын

this is the the type of role model people should have

@kathybramley5609 7 жыл бұрын

This is lovely and quaint and strange all at the same time. Jon Snow, ha. Flirting for England!

@mtnprivy 9 жыл бұрын

Spending so much time on one's hair means that this person doesn't have more important things to do with her time/money. Of course that is a man's viewpoint. Perhaps there is something more important about hair than I have ever heard articulated. I am sure there are MANY cultural things that white hillbillies (my culture) spend their time on that also seems not really worth the time. I have always had a question in my mind "what is REALLY a good use of my time?" Today I chose to hear this lady talk about "having only one story" and that was absolutely worth my time. We form our habits, then our habits form us.

@ikeoluwaonasanya7105 9 жыл бұрын

mtnprivy That makes soooooo much sense. 'We form habits and then our habits form us.'

@maryseo. 7 жыл бұрын

mtnprivy African natural hair has been mistreated for centuries: straightened, ironed, despised, shamed. her love for her hair can be paralleled with her love of herself, of Black self-love in a world where the standard for beauty is White, straight hair, blonde and extremely thin. It's way more serious than you think...

@Love25648 7 жыл бұрын

Maryse Matoko You are bringing Black American context into hair though...

@maryseo. 7 жыл бұрын

Ant rip i'm actually African like Chimamanda. This issue concerns all Black people not just African American people.