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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: African Literature Association Keynote Lecture

May 15, 2019
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
US Bank Conference Theater, Ohio Union

Join us for the first keynote address of the 45th annual African Literature Association conference featuring internationally acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 

Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie is a widely acclaimed and multiple award-winning novelist whose opinion is sought on the most pressing global issues. Her widely read works include Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, That Thing Around Your Neck, Americanah, We Should All Be Feminists, and Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions. Her TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” has  more than 20 million views on YouTube.

Sponsored by Research in African Literatures and the Ohio State Department of African American and African Studies, Center for African Studies, Office of the Vice President for Diversity & Inclusion,  Department of English, Department of French and Italian, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.