Beautiful

DarryOsh:


IN her famous TED talk "The danger of a single story" Chimamanda had good things to say about Nollywoood. How do we reconcile this?
Shall we say chimamanda is speaking from both sides of her mouth?

Ms. Adichie disappointingly allows her story to slip to the level of a simple romance, leaving her readers to wonder, not very much, whether Ifemelu and Obinze will be reunited. The plot ultimately feels like an excuse for the venting of opinions — and the opinions carry far more conviction than the storytelling does.
And honestly I am totally with her on the Nollywood opinion. Absolutely. As far as I can remember it, that's about the few of the messages portrayed in the book that I actually agree with.

DarryOsh:


Here is the excerpt :

"Ifemelu thought little of Nollywood films, with their exaggerated histrionics and their improbable plots, but she nodded in agreement because to hear..."


Ifemelu is the protagonist in 'Americanah'.

I don't think it's right to assume that this is Chimamanda's opinion of Nollywoood.

It's a bit confusing. The direct statement is that Ifemelu thinks little of Nollywood films. One cannot safely say now whether the succeeding description is still part of the character's thought or an external 'widely-acknowledged' viewpoint...
The later holds more truth for me though.

iamord:
well let's just say they did not see this post. Am not there ooo

DarryOsh:


Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was a character in Chimamanda's novel that made that statement and not chimamanda.

I've been wondering though. Is there a distinction between what a person says and what a character in the person's book says?

What do you think?

It wasn't a quote in the book...it was the writer's description of Nollywoood and it was a very direct statement.
Yes, there is a distinction... though more often than not the writer uses the characters' actions and words to convey his/her own view.