It’s been 12 days of sustained nationwide street protests against police brutality under the aegis of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Last week’s reported dissolution of the wayward units and their replacement with the Special Weapon and Tactics (SWAT) team did not placate protesters but...
On Tuesday, October 20th, 2020, in the Lekki area of Lagos, innocent Nigerians exercising their democratic right to protest were attacked by soldiers of the Nigerian Army. Some died. Many were injured. This terrible incident has no place in our country. The role of the...
A few hours before Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and I are due to speak, the result of the US election is finally called. The Nigerian novelist, who is based in Maryland but is currently in Lagos, where she spends part of the year, had been on her...
Chimamanda Adichie has been named on OOOM Magazine’s list of the World’s Most Inspiring People in 2019. Compiled by an international jury, the annual list features inspiring individuals who have impressed the world in the past year. Others on the list include Former US First...
Named the ‘winner of winners’ of the Women’s Prize, Bernardine Evaristo, Maggie O’Farrell and others ask the author about the #EndSars protests in Nigeria, writing about Trump, and the culture that got her through 2020...