Award winning author and feminist, Chimamanda Adichie has addressed the statement by US President Donald Trump labeling Africa as a shithole.
This she did in during a discussion which was moderated by Maryline Baumard at the Monde Festival which held in Paris.
When asked to address the statement made by Trump concerning Africa, Chimamanda got a huge applause after she said, ”there are things that are said by people and we do not care! Because we know that it comes from a sidereal vacuum.”
The author of Dear Ijeawele; The Feminist Manifesto also asked that Africa be thought of differently than through “condescending debates”
On the question of “black” identity, Ms. Adichie said:
Yes I am Nigerian, yes I am a woman, I am a feminist, yes I am black. But why do we stick a label of identity to those who are not white? I recognize myself as a person. I want to be what I am!
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