Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie honorary degree acceptance speech

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6 жыл бұрын

Acclaimed Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has been awarded an honorary degree at the University of Edinburgh.
The award, presented by the University's Principal and Vice Chancellor, Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea, is in recognition of Ms Adichie's achievements as an author and public intellectual.

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@WelshBathBoy 3 жыл бұрын

Her confidence and humility, is so wonderful to watch. It is a hard scale to balance - not to go one way to arrogance, or the other to self loathing - but she does it so well with grace.

@mp3gps565 4 жыл бұрын

Damn.. I love this lady

@patrickrobert8156 4 жыл бұрын

Dignified to have you as a sister, Dear Chimamanda. Your critical discussions, the spectacle of your poise brings such bravado in my entire existence. Wish to meet you someday.

@maxwellmageto7673 2 жыл бұрын

A well deserved honorary doctorate degree. The lady has made a mark in her discipline - literature. Congratulations.

@MASHKHURA04 9 ай бұрын

This lecture is so masterpiece so that l have found it totally effective for English learners so marvelous.

@naomimaina3428 4 жыл бұрын

Chimamanda keep uploading plz. My dream is to meet with u one day

@valedakeys1661 Жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@darlenee.l.3131 3 жыл бұрын

Accept/ embrace the inevitable that we are different/diverse. Great message from Ms Adichie.

@valedakeys1661 Жыл бұрын

I love the way you always say "thank you."

@WitchVuaBE06 6 жыл бұрын

Possibly the first African Maya Angelou. Love her!

@toluwalopetemidayo992 6 жыл бұрын

Jay Milner Maya Angelo was African.

@victoratafo2514 5 жыл бұрын

No she's not. She is herself we have so many great women who are very very cerebral in Nigeria.

@slajaa 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, she is Chimamanda

@africanbeautifulgirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@victoratafo2514 Jay Milner is locked in the single story

@ChigozieJohnson-dd4li 24 күн бұрын

Great achievement

@sunnyokonkwo 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, really insightful

@nangiroloycefaith5907 3 жыл бұрын

An inspiration to the great women

@danielabugah1063 5 жыл бұрын

Great resources

@barnabasnwankwegu6352 Жыл бұрын

Ur advice has changed me

@mpablogglobal8868 3 жыл бұрын

My powerful 💪🏽💪🏽 sister 🥰🇳🇬🇪🇦

@louise-yo7kz 6 жыл бұрын

It is a great thing knowing your passion.😃

@bandwagon22 6 жыл бұрын

Every time ruling class is honoring somebody that person should be very worried about it.

@MzeeMoja1 6 жыл бұрын

She is pleased for having penetrated one of the most lucrative markets where it comes to sustaining this false narrative regarding patriarchy. You can see she spent the beginning of her speech by advertising. They are all in on it, and everyone in here will have their cut. I actually think there is money to be made in blaming men for everything and as a business person I find my morals coming in the way. This is something I could do.

@bibaolaitan5189 4 жыл бұрын

Why.... I really want to hear your reason for this statement you just made

@mp3gps565 4 жыл бұрын

Very Deep speech

@micheleinacharles-hazellem1968 3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@malcolmxmalcolmx6020 3 жыл бұрын

Proudly 🇳🇬

@clarak.mallah4137 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@julay5725 6 жыл бұрын

I have passion for writing and hope to meet you one day.

@clarak.mallah4137 3 жыл бұрын

I will look for it on Netflix. Killer women.

@godfreykaruhanga6598 2 жыл бұрын

Would have been amazing and abit funny at the same time if she gave her speech with a real Nigerian/west African accent behind it, like am very grateful oooo !!

@Wils0n_ 2 жыл бұрын

In other words this is a fake Nigerian/West African accent? First off, the idea of of one single Nigerian accent is preposterous. There is no such thing as a Nigerian accent, much less a West African one. Nigeria is so diverse that there are many regional accents based on ethnicities, and some also based on social class. In Chimamanda's case, being the daughter of a professor, her accent is that of an educated upper middle class Nigerian. You will find many like hers in the Cities like Abuja and Lagos.

@clarak.mallah4137 3 жыл бұрын

When will I ever meet her?

@ayubamustapha4252 4 жыл бұрын

It quite inspiring

@jozefmatejas9157 4 жыл бұрын

Quite bad or total bad or bad

@nguimenistephanie 3 жыл бұрын

I feel your comment soo incomplete or infact sooo empty cause this speech is way more than just inspiring. But I guess that's just the way you see it.