Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian · b. 1977

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie left Nigeria for American universities and became one of the definitive voices on race, feminism, and belonging across two continents. Author of Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, her TED talks 'The Danger of a Single Story' and 'We Should All Be Feminists' reached tens of millions — the latter sampled by Beyonce.