“Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanise.”
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the most influential voices of her generation. Her novels — Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and Americanah — have been translated into more than 30 languages and earned her the Orange Prize, among many other honours. Her 2009 TED Talk "The Danger of a Single Story" is one of the most viewed talks in TED history. Her 2012 talk "We Should All Be Feminists" became a book and was sampled by Beyonce.
Orange Prize for Fiction (Half of a Yellow Sun, 2007)
National Book Critics Circle Award nominee
"The Danger of a Single Story" — one of the most-viewed TED Talks ever
MacArthur Fellowship (2008)
We Should All Be Feminists adapted into Beyonce's Flawless
Personalities whose journeys echo this archive
Youssou N'Dour is one of the most celebrated musicians in the world and the leading figure of Mbalax — the Senegalese fu…
Known as "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba became the voice of Black South Africa during the darkest years of apartheid. Exil…
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti created Afrobeat — a fusion of jazz, funk, and traditional Yoruba music — and used it as a weapon ag…
