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TEDx Talks Verified Published on Apr 12, 2013 Subscribed 18M Never miss a talk! SUBSCRIBE to the TEDx channel: http://bit.ly/1FAg8hB http://www.tedxeuston.com Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie a renowned Nigerian novelist was born in Nigeria in 1977. She grew up in the university town of Nsukka, Enugu State where she attended primary and secondary schools, and briefly studied Medicine and Pharmacy. She then moved to the United States to attend college, graduating summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University with a major in Communication and a minor in Political Science. She holds a Masters degree in Creative Writing from Johns Hopkins and a Masters degree in African Studies from Yale University. She was a 2005-2006 Hodder Fellow at Princeton, where she taught introductory fiction. Chimamanda is the author of Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the 2007 Orange Prize For Fiction; and Purple Hibiscus, which won the 2005 Best First Book Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the 2004 Debut Fiction Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. In 2009, her collection of short stories, The Thing around Your Neck was published. She was named one of the twenty most important fiction writers today under 40 years old by The New Yorker and was recently the guest speaker at the 2012 annual commonwealth lecture. She featured in the April 2012 edition of Time Magazine, celebrated as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. She currently divides her time between the United States and Nigeria. Intro and Outro music by Kadialy Kouyate performed at TEDxEuston 2011. You can view the full performance here: http://youtu.be/KUfD5WGL3hw. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. Show less Show more

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Sort comments Sort by Top comments Newest first Sarah Albannay Add a public comment... VIEW xx xx xx xx 1 year ago • She honestly gave me a whole other perspective of feminism! Show less Read more 1 year ago 1.5K 1.5K Reply View 36 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Janki Jan Janki Jan 1 year ago • Frankly, I feel ashamed because I being a man, did a lot of those things that she mentioned. Now I cannot change the society but I can definitely change myself. At least, I will try to. And I will raise my son and daughter appropriately, as individuals. Show less Read more 1 year ago 2K 2K Reply View 63 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Mimi Okwara Mimi Okwara 1 year ago • a man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the kind of man I'd have no interest in... Show less Read more 1 year ago 867 867 Reply View 43 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Taylor Carter 1 year ago • "We say to girls, 'You can have ambition, but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful." Show less Read more 1 year ago 2K 2K Reply View 58 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Evelance Fairchild 1 year ago • "Culture doesn't make people, people make culture" 😍😍💖❤ Show less Read more 1 year ago 1.9K 1.9K Reply View 9 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW I y a n a 1 year ago • Remember when feminism was more like this and taken seriously Show less Read more 1 year ago 1.5K 1.5K Reply View 69 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Berly Henry 1 year ago • Beyonce used peices of this TEDx talk in her song Flawless... EVERYTHING SHE SAID IS SOOOO TRUE! Show less Read more 1 year ago 440 440 Reply View 18 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Casper Nsele 6 months ago (edited)13:00 to 13:14 Yas FLAWLESS BEYONCE 14:08 to 14:29 16:37 to 16:50 Show less Read more 6 months ago (edited) 84 84 Reply View 2 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW YARA'S KIDS TOY CLUB 1 year ago • She literally has just earned all my respect! Show less Read more 1 year ago 99 99 Reply View 2 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW bouncyshak 5 years ago • So sad that so many people still see feminism as an ugly word. Ignorance is a cancer on society. Show less Read more 5 years ago 61 61 Reply View reply Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Gijs Janssen 1 year ago • This was so beautiful and truly inspiring to me <3 Show less Read more 1 year ago 206 206 Reply VIEW Nandar 1 year ago • I translated her book into Burmese. She inspired me a lot. Show less Read more 1 year ago 119 119 Reply View 4 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Love Asare 6 months ago • I really admire Chimamanda. Every thing you’ve said is what think I always think but not confident to say. Well done. I love you more💝💖💪💪🏾🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 Show less Read more 6 months ago 19 19 Reply VIEW Anaja Dorcas 1 month ago • Every single word was gold!! Show less Read more 1 month ago 12 12 Reply VIEW Erica Fly 5 years ago • Powerful! Thanks to @Beyonce for sharing an excerpt from this speech in #Flawless Show less Read more 5 years ago 103 103 Reply VIEW Nishi Poddar 11 months ago • Thank you so much. I live in India and feminism is still a taboo here. I feel angry and suffocated because nobody else is angry about the daily discrimination that happens here. This video has really re-instilled motivation in me Show less Read more 11 months ago 181 181 Reply View 19 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Shraddha Mishra 8 months ago • The one TED talk, Beyonce definitely watched! Show less Read more 8 months ago 9 9 Reply VIEW Kamal Dasgupta 1 year ago • we need more feminists like her Show less Read more 1 year ago 124 124 Reply View 14 replies Hide replies Show more replies VIEW Jessica E 1 year ago • Such a brilliant woman. Show less Read more 1 year ago 50 50 Reply VIEW Gaurav Kumar 7 months ago • This is one of the best talks in feminism. I am really amazed at how she explains the idea of feminism? Great and Very helpful. Show less Read more 7 months ago 114 114 Reply View 2 replies Hide replies Show more replies

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