One of the premier Nigerian authors of our generation, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sat with Channel 4 News for a one on one interview and discusses her new book, Americanah, Diversity, Immigration & Black Hair. In her words, Hair Is Political, and she gives an insight as to why.
In this clip we also catch a brief clip of the movie, Half Of A Yellow Sun which is set to be due out very soon.
Check out the video clips.
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[youtube width=”560″ height=”349″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n8LtRi2i8c[/youtube]
I’m still iffy about the movie, especially the casting. Kainene according to the novel is supposed to be borderline ugly while Olanna is supposed to be gorgeous. With the casting, I find that the lady playing Kainene is actually better looking than Olanna (Thandie Newton).
Nevertheless I love hearing Chimamanda speak.