I Find ‘Baby Bump’ Irritating – Chimamanda

At a time when it has become a trend for celebrities to flaunt their pregnancies online, award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, has said that pregnancy is a sacred state that a woman ought to be discreet about.

According to her, this is the reason she did not make it a public matter when she was expecting her child.

In a recent interview with UK’s Channel 4 News, where she spoke about racism in America and the UK, among other matters, Chimamanda said, “I wanted my pregnancy to be something I shared with the people I love, with the people who know me. There is a kind of pregnancy as a trendy thing that I find very uncomfortable with and I deeply dislike expressions like ‘baby bump’.

Di’ja, Chimamanda Adichie Announce Secret Baby Deliveries

Mavin Records’ pop singer, Di’ja has creatively announced the safe delivery of her son. She made the announcement on instagram through cartoon clips she posted detailing the timelines and milestones of her intimate life.

Although, Di’ja and Mavin records kept mum on her rumoured pregnancy and silent wedding  to her boo, Rotimi, for so long, the video she posted has let the cat out of the bag. Here’s a simple break down of the timelines in the videos she shared on Instagram and Twitter handle…

Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Writes On The Anti-Gay Law

Article written by award winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie titled 'Why can’t he just be like everyone else?'  Find it below...

I will call him Sochukwuma. A thin, smiling boy who liked to play with us girls at the university primary school in Nsukka. We were young. We knew he was different, we said, ‘he’s not like the other boys.’ But his was a benign and unquestioned difference; it was simply what it was. We did not have a name for him. We did not know the word ‘gay.’ He was Sochukwuma and he was friendly and he played oga so well that his side always won.

In secondary school, some boys in his class tried to throw Sochukwuma off a second floor balcony. They were strapping teenagers who had learned to notice, and fear, difference. They had a name for him. Homo. They mocked him because his hips swayed when he walked and his hands fluttered when he spoke. He brushed away their taunts, silently, sometimes grinning an uncomfortable grin. He must have wished that he could be what they wanted him to be. I imagine now how helplessly lonely he must have felt. The boys often asked, “Why can’t he just be like everyone else?”

Video: “Black Hair Is Political… Straight Hair Is All Over The TV!!” Says Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The very pretty, intelligent, and thought provoking author ‘Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’ speaks on the realness and the affect of the media on our black children.

Award winning African author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells Jon Snow why her latest book Americanah mirrors some of the central issues of her own life; race, immigration and the power of hair.

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Beyonce Explains Why She Featured Chimamamda Adichie On 'Flawless'

Beyonce has explained why she sampled the work of award winning author Chimamanda Adichie in a track in her new album. Beyonce put a portion of Chimamanda's speech about feminism and roles women play in the society in the song, Flawless.

“I was scrolling through videos about feminism on Youtube and I ran across this video of this incredible Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie. Everything she said is exactly how I feel,” Beyoncé explains"My message in this album was finding the beauty in imperfection. I had this image of this trophy and me accepting these awards and kind of training myself to be a champion and at the end of the day when you go through all of these things, is it worth it? I mean, you get this trophy and you’re like, ‘I basically starved, I have neglected all the people that I love, I’ve conformed to what everybody else thinks I should be and I have this trophy. What does that mean?""The trophy represents all of the sacrifices I made as a kid, all the time I lost being on the road in the studios as a child and I just want to throw that s**t up!”

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Check Out Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Feminist Verse Featured On Beyonce’s Flawless + Video

While the music world is still in the euphoria of Beyonce’s new self titled album, take a look at the song Flawless, which features Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie. Not a singer, Chimamanda Adichie gives a feminist speech in place of the second verse. Check out the verse and a snippet of the video below.

Beyonce Features Nigerian Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie On Her Self Titled Album

Beyonce surprised fans by secretly dropping a new album on iTunes last night December 12th. The self titled album is Beyonce's 5th solo album and features 31 tracks, 14 of which are new songs.

In the new album, Beyonce collaborated with Jay Z, Drake, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Rowland....and featured our very Chimamanda Adichie on a track titled Flawless. Beyonce put a portion of the award winning author's speech about feminism and roles women play in the society in the song. Pop meets Literature! Amazing stuff.