- Public Lecture at Shanghai Library. Shanghai, China. August 2019.
- African Literature Association Annual Meeting. Columbus, OH. May 2019.
- University of Southern California Everett Award. Los Angeles, CA. February 2019.
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund Fundraiser Event. New York, NY. February 2019.
- Becoming: An Evening with Michelle Obama. London, United Kingdom. December 2018.
- Turner Prize. London, United Kingdom. December 2018.
- National Council of Teachers of English Convention. Houston, TX. November 2018.
- Visit to Sweet Briar College. Sweet Briar, VA. October 2018.
- National Education Association Foundation Event. Washington, DC. October 2018.
- Le Monde Festival. Paris, France. October 2018.
- Frankfurt Book Fair. Frankfurt, Germany. October 2018.
- Esquire Townhouse. London, United Kingdom. October 2018.
- Action Against Hunger Gala. New York, NY. October 2018.
- An Evening with Chimamanda. Lagos, Nigeria. September 2018.
- Global Hope Coalition. New York, NY. September 2018.
- INBOUND. Boston, MA. September 2018.
- Chatham House Conference. London, United Kingdom. June 2018.
- Harvard College Class Day. Cambridge, MA. May 2018.
- Duke University. Durham, NC. May 2018.
- Amherst College Commencement. Amherst, MA. May 2018.
- International Literature Festival Dublin. Dublin, Ireland. May 2018.
- Conversation with Hillary Clinton at PEN World Voices Festival. New York, NY. April 2018.
- Igbo Conference. London, United Kingdom. April 2018.
- Visit to Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD. April 2018.
- Tea with Oprah. London, United Kingdom. March 2018.
- Festival du Film et Forum International sure les Droits Humains. Geneva, Switzerland. March 2018.
- Harper’s Bazaar Woman of the Year Celebration. London, United Kingdom. November 2017.
- CityLab Paris. Paris, France. October 2017.
- CityLab Paris. Paris, France. October 2017.
- The New Yorker Festival. New York, NY. October 2017.
- Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain. October 2017.
- Festivaletteratura. Mantova, Italy. September 2017.
- Visit to Northwood High School. Silver Spring, MD. September 2017.
- One Maryland One Book Author Tour: Gaithersburg High School. Gaithersburg, MD. September 2017
- One Maryland One Book Author Tour: Baltimore Book Festival. Baltimore, MD. September 2017.
- Edinburgh International Book Festival. Edinburgh, UK. August 2017.
- Christian Dior Autumn-Winter 2017-18 Haute Couture show. Paris, France. July 2017.
- “Books in Bloom”: Downtown Columbia Book Festival. Columbia, MD. June 2017.
- HCLS Meet-the-Author Salon, Miller Branch Library. Ellicott City, MD. June 2017.
- One Book, One New York celebration event. New York, NY. June 2017.
- Williams College 2017 Commencement Ceremony. Williamstown, MA. June 2017.
- Bard College 2017 Award Ceremony. Receipt of Mary McCarthy Medal. Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. May 2017.
- Haverford College 2017 Commencement Ceremony. Haverford, PA. May 2017.
- New America Conference. Washington, DC. May 2017.
- TimesTalks. New York, NY. May 2017.
- JHU SAIS African Studies Conference. Baltimore, MD. April 2017.
- Women in the World. New York, NY. April 2017.
- PEN World Voices Festival. New York, NY. May 2017.
- PEN World Voices Festival. New York, NY. May 2017.
- Faith and Culture Lecture Series, Georgetown University. Washington, DC. Februrary 2017
- Promoting DEAR IJEAWELE. Cooper Union. New York, NY. March 2017.
- Promoting DEAR IJEAWELE. Cooper Union. New York, NY. March 2017.
- Visit to Cardozo Senior High School. Washington, DC. February 2017.
- JHU Foreign Affairs Symposium. Baltimore, MD. February 2017.
- Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference. Washington, DC. February 2017.
- Washington Ideas Forum. Washington, DC. September 2016.
- UN World Humanitarian Day. New York, NY. August 2016.