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How linguistic diversity in English-language fiction reveals resistance and tension

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It’s a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on its users.

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Why young people in every sphere – not just business and politics – should learn to lead

Leadership is most commonly held to be the ability to motivate others to achieve set goals. For some, this means being heroic and special. The world stood still when Nelson Mandela died. His achievements alone – the freedom fighter turned political prisoner, the first black president of South Africa, the…

The Conversation

Top 10 books about freedom

Authors as radically different as Julia Donaldson, John Rawls and Ayn Rand can make us appreciate the value of freedom, and the terrible jeopardy of losing it

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The week in audio: The Reith Lectures; The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh; Teamistry: The Untold Story of Concorde; i-Dentity

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shows Rowan Williams how to give a proper lecture. Plus, history lessons from Concorde to club nights

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Literature is in peril because of social censure: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Sharing her views on the importance of literature and freedom of speech, award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently said that she believes literature is in peril due to our social censure. Adichie said this during the BBC Reith Lectures on November 30, 2022.

The Times of India

‘I believe literature is in peril’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie comes out fighting for freedom of speech

As the BBC prepares to air her hard-hitting Reith Lecture, the celebrated author of Half of a Yellow Sun talks about truth, trans rights and our ‘misogyny-drenched’ planet. Plus: read an extract

The Guardian - UK

Four speakers for the 2022 BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures announced

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lord Rowan Williams, Darren McGarvey and Dr Fiona Hill will give the lectures on the topics of freedoms.

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In brief: Dandelions; Good Reasons to Die; Notes on Grief – reviews

An erudite Italian memoir, a suspenseful Chornobyl-set thriller, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s moving essay about the death of her father

The Guardian - UK

Biyi Bandele, a serial storyteller who elevated Nigerian culture

The writer, film-maker and theatre creator Biyi Bandele has passed away at the age of 54, news that has stunned the West African arts community where he was a creative icon who told classic Nigerian stories, sometimes in the Yoruba language, to a global audience.

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Hotline Proves Happy Endings Are Still Worth Writing

Fiction about immigrants tends toward melancholy and tragedy. Dimitri Nasrallah’s new novel delivers something different

The Walrus

Disparities in global empathy: why some refugees are more welcome than others

The world is accustomed to the stereotypical face of the refugee. The well-worn tropes of the Black or Brown face from post-genocide Rwanda, war-torn Somalia, or gang-ridden Honduras. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in the first half of 2021, there were more than 26.6 million…

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on her writing quirks and how she deals with writer’s block

Feminist author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is best known for her books like 'Half of a Yellow Sun', 'Purple Hibiscus', among others and she is an inspiration for many aspiring writers. But did you know about this one particular thing that helps Adichie in her creative and writing process? In a…

The Times of India

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