On January 26th, writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — noted for work
like: the critically acclaimed books Half
of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, this awesome presentation about gender roles… which was (surprisingly) featured as part
of the backtrack to this song, and for this TED talk about the danger of telling a single story — appeared at Sweden’s annual Göteborg International Film Festival in collaboration
with Internationell Författarscen Göteborg and Göteborg & Co. in
conversation with Swedish film critic and festival jury member, Jannike Åhlund, to discuss her work, colonialism past and present, and the film adaptation of Half Of a Yellow Sun.
At about the 12:42
mark, Chimamanda gives Åhlund a lesson on the different ranges of
color Black people encompass, after Åhlund qualifies British actress Thandie Newton’s blackness and
questions whether she was a good choice to cast in Half of a Yellow Sun. Thandie, who is
biracial, plays Black-American actress, Anika Noni-Rose’s twin sister in the
film.
The entire conversation is about an hour, but well worth the watch. Chimamanda always gives good dialogue and insight into her work and about the African diaspora.
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