I'm glad someone of Chimamanda's stature is speaking on behalf of African women about our ideals of beauty - including our unique hair. I do wish though, that interviewers would acknowledge that Chimamanda is an African icon. Indeed she is Nigerian, we acknowledge her nationality, but I think its also important to recognise that Africans in general also share her views and resonate with her. I for one am Zimbabwean but I read all her books and identify with them.
I'm African-American (from Atlanta Georgia) and I identify as well sister. She actually represents the issues that ALL of us as black women go through! I will definitely read her literature as well!:)
Tell them Adichie! Everyone who can watch this can also watch videos on how to take care of natural hair. There is so much information out there and much more than before. It is no more "hard" than it is to take care of relaxed hair or treated hair. It becomes easier the more you practice doing it.
Chimamanda, I love how confident you are and how you're addressing issues. I'm an exchange student from Nigeria to America and your book helped and is still helping me in so many ways. I've listened to you speak and it's just so encouraging! You inspire me. It's a shame that most Nigerians don't support our authors. I have made it a personal goal of mine to change that in my generation, thanks to you. You might never see this, but you inspire me, big time. I hope to meet you some day! Thanks for being you.
Chimamanda, we are proud of you. Even Mrs Alero Idu (who interviewed her) believed that her hair is not beautiful if not treated with chemicals of cover it with something else... She hardly got the joke of the poont that says... Something has to be done to your natural hair to make it unnatural is a sign that Black people generaly do not appriciate their own natural hair... Which is a wonderful point Chimamanda wants to address as many yourths have problem with who they are. Thanks 4 posting
i am more disappointed that the interviewer did not take the time to read the whole book but instead he picks out the most talked about part of the book and does not address the other issues that the book raises, typical of nigerians, cant even support their own properly.
Such a pity the interviewers haven't read the book making the interview lack depth in terms on the book narrative, and the audacity of the male interviewer asking her to summarize? then they have the nerve to tell her at the end of the interview that they are looking forward to her next book, am like????
The interviewer are very unprofessional especially the woman who is almost clueless of what it means to have natural hair by saying she wants to have her hair shaved but laughed silly when CHimamanda asked her to shave it
Natural Hair is only difficult to maintain when you try to use the same methods you would use to maintain straight hair or you try to do straight hairstyles on natural hair. reprogramme yourself! bangs, gel-patterned-edges and intentional-layers are not your friend if your hair is natural.
This is the worst Chimamanda interview I have watched. As always Chimamanda is intelligent and eloquent. I can't say the same for the interviewers. Lack of preparation came across strongly. Disappointing!!!
Odd : the less I do with my hair, the better it is. Years spent overdoing, trying to be " fixed" even naturally had me thinking mostly about the difficulty. Nowadays, I am not willing to spend on product what I spent on stretching because that is just exploiting our differences. Who can buy, who cannot! Not going to loc either. Now that's hard work! My hair is like Adichie and it is lovely. I can do pretty much anything I want with it stylewise. The problem really is what we think about ourselves, agreeing as we do with other peoples' negative opinions about us, people who have said and shown they don't even like us, they don't even consider us as human on their level! Women talking openly like this are changing the colonized mind. Leading by example. Men do not have the same restrictions on themselves.
First the lady said that many Nigerian loves natural hair and said that her fantasy is to barb what they call abolo in naija, which means shaving all your hair. She did not understand that her saying that maintaining natural hair is very difficult, enable Chimamanda again to teach her.. that its wrong to say that our natural hair is hard to maintain if u know how to.. Very sad, that Nigerian women are so used to buying artificial fake hair that they do not know how to maintain their own hair. Very sorry, but thats part of what the book is about. Chimamanda is too smart for them ;-)
Why does the woman in the room have to be antagonizing? From hair to reading to....🤷♀️ Adichie's corrects gracefully, thank God! Unless ignorant, on hair especially is a 100% true! Tell us where Pres. Obama would be today if Michelle wore natural hair during campaigns....🤔
it is so easy for women to say their hair is too hard to take care of, i think it's just an excuse to put chemical in their hair thinking they look better when it chemicalize, by straighten or curl it, when a women hair is plot very find witch i like to see very much, it can lost for weeks with little or no attention, cane row is almost the same, and the list goes on on, it's okay for women to comb men hair into these fancy style but not the same for them, why is that? let us just be honest about it, we black people have that uniqueness and are abusing it big time, i think that is very disrespectful to our Creator, living in denial will never be the solution , first we got to accept who we are, stand up for who we are before we earn the respect we deserve, strong up to all empress who true to themselves
Caught that little bit of denial didn't you..".oh Nigerians dont't. " She disagreed so nicely, so respectfully. Nothing like citing personal experience. What I really like about her: she doesn't hide behind that fake proBlack Americanah - "we." She just leads by example.
Natural hair is difficult simple. I comb my hair once in a month and its still tedious...the anxiety...of trying to prevent it from breaking etc. Sorry Chimamanda, i disagree with you on this one. If you were honest, you too will admit, getting your hair to look like yours takes time.
Because something takes time does not mean it's difficult. Wet your hair, put oil in it and then comb it out, it'll look just like hers is looking right now. Less than 10 minutes I assure you and that's no time at all! But of you comb your hair only once a month, then I can see where the problem is
I'm glad someone of Chimamanda's stature is speaking on behalf of African women about our ideals of beauty - including our unique hair. I do wish though, that interviewers would acknowledge that Chimamanda is an African icon. Indeed she is Nigerian, we acknowledge her nationality, but I think its also important to recognise that Africans in general also share her views and resonate with her. I for one am Zimbabwean but I read all her books and identify with them.
I'm African-American (from Atlanta Georgia) and I identify as well sister. She actually represents the issues that ALL of us as black women go through! I will definitely read her literature as well!:)
+Matilda Moyo don't forget caribbeans, African-americans, afro-british and afro-Latinas too.
Tell them Adichie! Everyone who can watch this can also watch videos on how to take care of natural hair. There is so much information out there and much more than before. It is no more "hard" than it is to take care of relaxed hair or treated hair. It becomes easier the more you practice doing it.
I love African hair so much, i am obsessed...
I LOVE HER PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HER HAIR. LOVE HER GRACE AND ATTITUDE.
I LOVE everything about this woman!!! Thank God I was born in the same time as you 💕💕💕🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
I have also fallen in love with Chimamandas hair absolutely beautiful as is she.
These people were not ready to interview Chimamanda.
Chimamanda, I love how confident you are and how you're addressing issues. I'm an exchange student from Nigeria to America and your book helped and is still helping me in so many ways. I've listened to you speak and it's just so encouraging! You inspire me. It's a shame that most Nigerians don't support our authors. I have made it a personal goal of mine to change that in my generation, thanks to you. You might never see this, but you inspire me, big time. I hope to meet you some day! Thanks for being you.
I just love chimamanda ❤️❤️❤️
The best present I got this Christmas. Wish I read this book before I studied Immigrant population in the university.
Chimamanda always saying the truth💯💯
Love her ! Very good points she made !
I recommend the book for students of Sociology, Public Health, Africans planning to migrate, Africans in diaspora/others.
or just Africans in general
Chimamanda, we are proud of you. Even Mrs Alero Idu (who interviewed her) believed that her hair is not beautiful if not treated with chemicals of cover it with something else... She hardly got the joke of the poont that says... Something has to be done to your natural hair to make it unnatural is a sign that Black people generaly do not appriciate their own natural hair... Which is a wonderful point Chimamanda wants to address as many yourths have problem with who they are. Thanks 4 posting
Chimamanda is special.Very special,,,,,,,,,,
She's too GREAT!!!!
i am more disappointed that the interviewer did not take the time to read the whole book but instead he picks out the most talked about part of the book and does not address the other issues that the book raises, typical of nigerians, cant even support their own properly.
Oyinkan Williams Believe me.. it's not only a nigerian problem.. it's an african problem😒
Oyinkan Williams male thinking, I’m so smart I can read several pages and be able to talk to the author intelligently.
Such a pity the interviewers haven't read the book making the interview lack depth in terms on the book narrative, and the audacity of the male interviewer asking her to summarize? then they have the nerve to tell her at the end of the interview that they are looking forward to her next book, am like????
The interviewer are very unprofessional especially the woman who is almost clueless of what it means to have natural hair by saying she wants to have her hair shaved but laughed silly when CHimamanda asked her to shave it
very true most Nigerians i go to wont make my hair when it’s naturally
true.. it's only hard to mantain your natural hair if you want it look a certain way..and that "way" is different than it's natural state.
Natural Hair is only difficult to maintain when you try to use the same methods you would use to maintain straight hair or you try to do straight hairstyles on natural hair. reprogramme yourself! bangs, gel-patterned-edges and intentional-layers are not your friend if your hair is natural.
YOU HAVE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD,,,.
Have a good day,,,.
I get the same reaction now… No jokes.
GREAT HAIR
Love her!!!
This is the worst Chimamanda interview I have watched. As always Chimamanda is intelligent and eloquent. I can't say the same for the interviewers. Lack of preparation came across strongly. Disappointing!!!
Odd : the less I do with my hair, the better it is. Years spent overdoing, trying to be " fixed" even naturally had me thinking mostly about the difficulty. Nowadays, I am not willing to spend on product what I spent on stretching because that is just exploiting our differences. Who can buy, who cannot! Not going to loc either. Now that's hard work! My hair is like Adichie and it is lovely. I can do pretty much anything I want with it stylewise. The problem really is what we think about ourselves, agreeing as we do with other peoples' negative opinions about us, people who have said and shown they don't even like us, they don't even consider us as human on their level! Women talking openly like this are changing the colonized mind. Leading by example. Men do not have the same restrictions on themselves.
They haven't even read the book and you want a summary! Shmm
Lazy bums!
First the lady said that many Nigerian loves natural hair and said that her fantasy is to barb what they call abolo in naija, which means shaving all your hair. She did not understand that her saying that maintaining natural hair is very difficult, enable Chimamanda again to teach her.. that its wrong to say that our natural hair is hard to maintain if u know how to.. Very sad, that Nigerian women are so used to buying artificial fake hair that they do not know how to maintain their own hair. Very sorry, but thats part of what the book is about. Chimamanda is too smart for them ;-)
Why does the woman in the room have to be antagonizing? From hair to reading to....🤷♀️ Adichie's corrects gracefully, thank God!
Unless ignorant, on hair especially is a 100% true! Tell us where Pres. Obama would be today if Michelle wore natural hair during campaigns....🤔
cute lady
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it is so easy for women to say their hair is too hard to take care of, i think it's just an excuse to put chemical in their hair thinking they look better when it chemicalize, by straighten or curl it, when a women hair is plot very find witch i like to see very much, it can lost for weeks with little or no attention, cane row is almost the same, and the list goes on on, it's okay for women to comb men hair into these fancy style but not the same for them, why is that? let us just be honest about it, we black people have that uniqueness and are abusing it big time, i think that is very disrespectful to our Creator, living in denial will never be the solution , first we got to accept who we are, stand up for who we are before we earn the respect we deserve, strong up to all empress who true to themselves
Natty P exactly
Thanks dear. jah bless you
He's interviewing the author about a book he hasn't read. African boys growing up in the diaspora also struggle with acceptance of their hair.
The shame is to talk about hair when we should be talking about technology, sciences, etc.
Is her book about science and technology?
We are human first before technology
This is the worst interview I have seen. Why wouldn't they have read the book so they can understand where Chimamanda was coming from.
Caught that little bit of denial didn't you..".oh Nigerians dont't. " She disagreed so nicely, so respectfully. Nothing like citing personal experience. What I really like about her: she doesn't hide behind that fake proBlack Americanah - "we." She just leads by example.
Nigerians in Nigeria with a foreign accent. ☹️
Natural hair is difficult simple. I comb my hair once in a month and its still tedious...the anxiety...of trying to prevent it from breaking etc. Sorry Chimamanda, i disagree with you on this one. If you were honest, you too will admit, getting your hair to look like yours takes time.
You comb your hair once a month ?
What do you do on your hair on other days of the month then?
Because something takes time does not mean it's difficult. Wet your hair, put oil in it and then comb it out, it'll look just like hers is looking right now. Less than 10 minutes I assure you and that's no time at all! But of you comb your hair only once a month, then I can see where the problem is
Tufiakwa
how jesus will make you a millionaire - hahaha!!