Essays on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk on ‘The danger of a single story’ capitalized on one key principle. This was that if there was only one perspective of people and the stereotypes then there will be misconceptions because of this misrepresentation. The problem is not that the stereotypes are untrue, but that they are incomplete. According…

Heimat struggle in The Head Strong Historian One is not born free to completely choose one’s path. Through different bonds that come from one’s family and community, a connection with certain characteristics are stuck to each person. This phenomenon is commonly known as heimat. Even though this Germanic word can be associated with homeland, it…

Conflict in Purple Hibiscus * In the novel, Purple Hibiscus, Adichie clearly portrays the conflicting oppression of Kambili’s patriarchal household – where she is ordered to follow a strict ‘schedule’ – to the realization of an almost ‘holiday’ like freedom she is exposed to when visiting Aunty Ifeoma and her family. * The author also…

We should all be feminists explores the struggle against patriarchy as an essential part of the class struggle of oppression and inequality. The narrative does this by capturing the narrator’s personal experiences in patriarchal social spaces of entertainment, homes, and workplaces. Adichie uses different literary devices such as rhetorical questions, rhetorical ethos, pathos, and logos…