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- Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories can also be used to empower, and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people.
- The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.
- There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. People, Like You, Dislike.
- Never ever accept 'Because You Are A Woman' as a reason for doing or not doing anything. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Reason, Accepting.
- “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful.
- “The only reason you say that race was not an issue is because you wish it was not. We all wish it was not. But it’s a lie. I came from a country where race was not an issue; I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America.
- “I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.” ― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
- “Some people ask: “Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?” Because that would be dishonest.
Find 65 of the best book quotes from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian author of We Should All Be Feminists and Americanah. Explore her insights on feminism, culture, gender, and more.
Mar 5, 2021 · Discover the best quotes from the Nigerian author and activist on feminism, gender, racism, and more. Learn from her wisdom and insights on how to challenge the status quo and create a better world.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 2014
- “We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, you can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful, but not too successful.
- “Some people ask: “Why the word feminist? Why not just say you are a believer in human rights, or something like that?” Because that would be dishonest.
- “Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.”
- “The problem with gender is that it prescribes how we should be rather than recognizing how we are. Imagine how much happier we would be, how much freer to be our true individual selves, if we didn’t have the weight of gender expectations.”
Find and share quotes from Americanah, a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The quotes explore themes of race, identity, love, and immigration in America and Nigeria.
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