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April Dump, make it book(s) you read. . . . #BookTwt #AprilDump #Books

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“You can’t nice your way to being loved.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Zikora)

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“Why do I love him?...I don't think love has a reason...I think love comes first and then the reasons follow.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Half of a Yellow Sun)

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I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is just as obvious to everyone else - (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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Twenty years ago, the book "Purple Hibiscus" was released by Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi. What's your favorite quote from the book?

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Of course I am not worried about intimidating men. The type of man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man I have no interest in. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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The knowledge of cooking does not come pre-installed in a vagina - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“In a healthy relationship, it is the role of whoever can provide to provide.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Dear Ijeawele)

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“You can’t nice your way to being loved.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Zikora)

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Have you read this book?

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“I think a lot of what love is, is just telling the truth.” - Akwaeke Emezi

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“Human beings make terrible gods.” - Nnedi Okorafor

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Today being #InternationalMensDay , we celebrate the literary giants that has shaped African Literature into what it is today by molding our collective shared African experiences into words and paper through their pens. What's your favorite African Book(s) written by a male

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“You can’t nice your way to being loved.” - Zikora (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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January book(s) dump, let's have it.

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Quote your fav lines from this book. "They will ask me when I first knew I was in love with you. I will sigh and say I don't know. It happened in fragments, piece by piece, separate moments over the years."

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Happpy Birthday, @ChimamandaReal 🎉

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We teach girls shame. “Close your legs. Cover yourself.” We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. - (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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“Tell her that kindness matters. Praise her when she is kind to other people. But teach her that kindness must never be taken for granted. Tell her that she, too, deserves the kindness of others." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Dear Ijeawele)

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Happy Holidays. 🎉🎉🎉 #BookTwitter #AfricanBooks #Christmas

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“We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.” - Nnedi Okorafor

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Have you read Buchi Emecheta of Nigeria, Joys of Motherhood? Tsitsi Dangarembga of Zimbabwe, say, Nervous Conditions? Miriama Ba of Senegal, So Long A Letter? Three women from different parts of Africa, giving words to similar thoughts - Wizard of the Crow (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o )

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“There are people who dislike you because you do not dislike yourself.” - (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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"We don’t know how we will grieve until we grieve." - Notes on Grief (Chimamanda Adichie Ngozi)

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Some book names tend to be iconic and have a lingering effect on its reader. What book(s) titles are your favorite?

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What's the first African book you remember reading? . . . #BookTwitter #AfricanBooks

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“I'm chasing you. I'm going to chase you until you give this a chance.” - Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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2 years

“I meant to say I am sorry Papa broke your figurines, but the words that came out were, ‘I’m sorry your figurines broke, Mama.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Purple Hibiscus)

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Teach her that if you criticize X in women but do not criticize X in men, then you do not have a problem with X, you have a problem with women. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl. 'Because you are a girl' is never reason for anything. Ever. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“Never speak of marriage as an achievement.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Dear Ijeawele)

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“How can a person claim to love you and yet want you to do things that suit only them? Udenna was like that.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (The Thing Around Your Neck)

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The two books we’ve been talking about all week. Have you read them? 🐧

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“Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papa flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the etagere. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah)

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“I used to think I wanted to be famous. Now I think I just want to be safe." - Akwaeke Emezi

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Female Character who inspire us: A Thread. 🧵 Aunty Ifeoma from Purple Hibiscus #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2023

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“His grief was chasing him from room to room, begging him to spend some time alone with it.” - Akwaeke Emezi

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To Women on a Wednesday. Your favorite African Literature book written by a woman? Let's have it! . . . #WomenAuthors #WomenWriters #BookTwitter #AfricanBooks

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1 year

Guess the book…

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A book you read this year that made you cry/emotional?

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have a yellow sunday! 💛

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Have you read Buchi Emecheta of Nigeria, Joys of Motherhood? Tsitsi Dangarembga of Zimbabwe, say, Nervous Conditions? Miriama Ba of Senegal, So Long A Letter? Three women from different parts of Africa, giving words to similar thoughts - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Wizard of the Crow)

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“They will ask me when I first knew I was in love with you. I will sigh and say I don't know. It happened in fragments, piece by piece, separate moments over the years. Moments - that's how I remember it." - A Broken People's Playlist (Chiemeka Garricks)

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POV: You’re gong on a road trip and you have to take only one. Which of these are you taking? 😚

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Thursdays are for throwback and we revisits this classic novel written 45 years ago by the Senegalese author, Mariama Ba. Read "So Long A Letter", how old were you when you did? . . . #BookTwt #AfricanBooks #Classics

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Happy International Women’s Day! How well do you know your African female authors? This is a thread of African female authors without their names. Can you tell us who they are? 😇 Quote the pictures with the names of the authors. Let’s go! 🎈 Starting with…

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I often make the mistake of thinking that something that is obvious to me is just as obvious to everyone else - (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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“You looked like the kind of person who will do something because you want to, and not because everyone else is doing it.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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A cool evening read .

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“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself. With him, she was at ease; her skin felt as though it was her right size.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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We teach girls shame. “Close your legs. Cover yourself.” We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Happy new year! To celebrate the new year, we are spotlighting an African author: Yaa Gyasi. Born in Ghana in 1989, she is the author of Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom. Here are a few quotes from her.

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Have you read Buchi Emecheta of Nigeria, Joys of Motherhood? Tsitsi Dangarembga of Zimbabwe, say, Nervous Conditions? Miriama Ba of Senegal, So Long A Letter? Three women from different parts of Africa, giving words to similar thoughts - Wizard of the Crow (Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o )

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“People have crushes on priests all the time, you know. It’s exciting to have to deal with God as a rival.” - Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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A book you looked forward to reading this year but you're yet to read? Meanwhile, an excerpt from "The Hairdresser of Harare": "But you've not explained why the quality of good is not inherent, but not that of evil. I say man has these dual qualities in equal measure and both

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“Things started to fall apart at home when my brother, Jaja, did not go to communion and Papa flung his heavy missal across the room and broke the figurines on the etagere. - Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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“We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.” - Chinua Achebe

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“Before you call the snail a weakling, tie your house to your back and carry it around for a week,” - Stay With Me (Ayobami Adebayo)

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Have you read this book? Tell us your favorite character.

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“You can’t nice your way to being loved.” - Zikora (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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“Her job is not to make herself likeable, her job is to be her full self, a self that is honest and aware of the equal humanity of other people.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Dear Ijeawele)

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30 years ago, the late Ama Ata Aidoo's ground breaking novel, "Changes: A Love Story" was published in 1993. Have you read the book? An excerpt: "Love? Love? Love is not safe, my lady silk, love is dangerous. It is deceitfully sweet like wine from a fresh palm tree at dawn.

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“People have crushes on priests all the time, you know. It’s exciting to have to deal with God as a rival.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Purple Hibiscus)

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It's Saturday! What book(s) are you reading this weekend? . . . #BookTwitter #Weekend

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“Let’s have a child,” he said again. “A little girl just like you, and we will call her Obianuju because she will complete us.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Half of a Yellow Sun)

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“They don’t teach them to understand others, they teach them to expect others to understand them,” he said in English. He humphed and said, “Americans.” - Nnedi Okorafor

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“We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.” - Nnedi Okorafor

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“We do not seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt us may he break his neck.” - Chinua Achebe

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Do you remember how this book made you feel? 👀

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“Because you are a girl” is never a reason for anything. Ever.” - Dear Ijeawele (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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“My advice is that you wait. You can love without making love. It is a beautiful way of showing your feelings but it brings responsibility, great responsibility, and there is no rush.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah)

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“Home will never be the same once you know what you are. Your whole life will change.” - Nnedi Okorafor

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We teach girls shame. “Close your legs. Cover yourself.” We make them feel as though being born female they’re already guilty of something. - (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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“Why should a woman’s success be a threat to a man?” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (We Should All Be Feminists)

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What’s that advice you read from a book? . . . #BookTwitter

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An African book you read this year and you rated 5 stars. . . . #AfricanBooks #BookTwitter

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You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?” Aunty Ifeka said. “Your life belongs to you and you alone. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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There Was A Country by Chinua Achebe.

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“That a woman claims not to be feminist does not diminish the necessity of feminism. If anything, it makes us see the extent of the problem, the successful reach of patriarchy.” - Dear Ijeawele (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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To Women on a Wednesday. 🥂 Today we celebrate Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, the delectable Ugandan fictional writer and novelist. Her first novel, "Kintu", won the Kwani Manuscript Project in 2013. Her second book is a collection of short stories, "Manchester Happened" for the

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“Books will help her understand and question the world, help her express herself, and help her in whatever she wants to become—a chef, a scientist, a singer, all benefit from the skills that reading brings.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Dear Ijeawele)

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“Never speak of marriage as an achievement.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Dear Ijeawele)

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“Remember, be a good person, not a good girl. Good girls suffer a lot in this life.” - The First Woman (Jennifer Makumbi)

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Pick a favorite.

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How did you fall in love with books? Let's hear your story.

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It's the weekend, what are you reading? . . . #BookTwitter #AfricanBooks

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“We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.” - (Nnedi Okorafor)

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“That a woman claims not to be feminist does not diminish the necessity of feminism. If anything, it makes us see the extent of the problem, the successful reach of patriarchy.” - Dear Ijeawele (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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"I write because I have authority from life to do so." - Bessie Head

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“School will bring you more success than marriage.” - Nnedi Okorafor

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A book you read this year that made you very happy? 😁

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“My father used to say that it is the fear of causing offense that makes men swallow poison.” - (Chinua Achebe)

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“Ifemelu was looking forward to being away from home, to the independence of owning her own time.” - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Americanah)

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A short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Have you read The Shivering?

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“Before you call the snail a weakling, tie your house to your back and carry it around for a week,” - Stay With Me (Ayobami Adebayo)

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February book(s) dump, let's have it. How many books were you able to read? . . . #Dump #BookTwt #AfricanBooks #BlackHistoryMonth

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Your favorite short story from "The Thing Around Your Neck" by C.A.N.? "The first time our house was robbed, it was our neighbor Osita who climbed in through the dining room window and stole our TV, our VCR, and the Purple Rain and Thriller videotapes my father had brought back

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I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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We can tell you the book but take a guess…?🐤

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“Tell Chizalum that women actually don't need to be championed and revered; they just need to be treated as equal human beings.” - Dear Ijeawele (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

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To Women on a Wednesday. Celebrating the Ghanaian-American novelist, Yaa Gyasi. Popularly known for her debut novel "Homegoing (2016)" which won her a couple of awards. In the year 2020, she released another novel, "Transcendent Kingdom". Which of her books have you read?

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