The Future's Orange

"I am just me. I don’t think about some other public persona beyond that. As for pressure, sure, there was nervousness when I was working on Half of a Yellow Sun, but it was more about, I’m going to do this book. I knew that if I failed, I would not have done justice to this very important subject. I didn't want to write some polemical book that is more or less a bit of propaganda. It’s so easy to get it wrong."

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- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, in an interview with me.

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Read the interview on BBC Africa Beyond

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• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from Half of a Yellow Sun as part of the Orange Prize Shortlist Readings on Tuesday 5 June @ the South Bank Centre, London.
• This year's winner of the Broadband Orange Prize will be announced the following day, on Wednesday 6 June.
• Image courtesy of the author.