Nigerian Celebrity Author Chimamanda Adichie Sends Strong Message to Youths
- Nigerian youths have been urged to shift their focus off social media in order to maintain the habit of reading
- Writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, gave this suggestion while receiving an award at Harvard University
- She however noted that the only way to counter the spree of book banning is for young people to give up social media for a while
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Writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has suggested that young people give up social media for about two weeks or more to grow the habit of reading as it is the only way to counter the spree of book banning in the United States of America (USA).
She made this suggestion when she received the W.E.B Du Bois Medal from Harvard University on Thursday, October 6, The Punch reported.
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Adichie said:
“The most meaningful thing for me as a writer is to know that I can create something that means something to other people. And so what moves me the most is to hear from people who have read me and who say, your work made me feel seen, your work made me think differently, your work made me feel that I was not alone.
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"For the young people who are here, if you care about anything, please care about reading, reading is so important, reading is magical, books are magical. And I really think that one of the best ways to counter what seems to me to be a really ugly tsunami of book bannings going around in this country is to read. The only way that we can answer to censorship of books is to read books."
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sends a message to youths
On giving up social media for books, Adichie said,
“And so for you young people, I just want to make a very small suggestion, how about you give up social media for you know, two weeks, three weeks, a month, and read, read, read.”
Chimamanda Adichie shares beautiful throwback photo of when she was sweet 16 to celebrate 45th birthday
Nigerian celebrity author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is celebrating her 45th birthday today, September 15, 2022, and she is marking the day in a remarkable way.'
She ditched the idea of celebrating with new flawless photos and decided to go return to the days of her sweet 16 birthday celebration.
Chimamanda shared a throwback photo of herself during her 16th birthday party, and she looked so pretty, calm and innocent to celebrate this year's birthday.
Chimamanda Adichie joins Obidients
Legit.ng previously reported that Nigerian authur Chimamanda Adichie threw her weight behind Peter Obi of the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 election.
Adichie, in a lenghty birthday message to Obi, shares some of her personal experiences with the presidential candidate.
The authur declared that she can't wait to proudly cast her votes in 2023, leaving many of her fans and followers gushing.
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