fowlyansh181:
This Chimamanda is an idiot looking to start trouble

A very big idiot truly.

john650:

I wish this chick can focus on building up her body of work like the people before her (Achebe, Soyinka and others) instead if pushing this feminism stuff in the face of everyone.

If Mrs. Clinton doesn't acknowledge the role her husband played in her becoming the US Secretary of State and Presidential candidate, then she wouldn't have gotten as far as she did.

Adichie is still missing the point in life. She is still riding high with career success that she believes it is all because of her effort. I don't wish her any ill-luck but she hasn't experienced pain or what people before her including Hillary Clinton, Achebe, Soyinka have gone through before attaining success. Time will tell.

I also feel that she has enough problems in her home country Nigeria to address than dabbling in gender equality in America.

She's now an American citizen and she is enjoying the bigger stage

edmaraja:
And what is there to be ashamed of in being a good wife and a good mother?

I would av expected better from an intelligent African lady. I'm Soz but Chimamanda's intelligence went wrong this time.

Sterope:
Chimamanda is getting way out of hand.

I hate to say this but Barbara Bush was right.

LOL. Way way out of hand...

Chimamanda is fast losing it.
Started noticing this streak about 3 or so years ago.
Unfortunately she falls into the category of women one would've been able to refer to teenagers as role models. There's absolutely nothing wrong having "wife" as the opening line of your intro and making that comparison with Bill is just another low IMHO.
She should take several seats abeg.

senbonzakurakageyoshi:
I was almost surprised by the reactions on this thread but then I remembered - lazy Nigerian youth that don't bother to read full articles or watch videos in order to get nuance or context and only rush to react after reading an intentionally incendiary headline.

Nothing surprising here.

Rubbish!
There is precedence.
What possible context could there be for this statement other than what the majority of people on this thread think it is?

This Chimamanda should shut up abeg.

sinaj:
I really feel for d hubby. This kinda women often end up with good men.

Imagine people adressing ur wife as miss instead of Mrs. Seems she married d man.

Ms is not exactly the same as miss.

Ranchhoddas:
Ms is not exactly the same as miss.

wat does Ms mean pls

kingthreat:


She's now an American citizen and she is enjoying the bigger stage

Achebe and Soyinka also spent a greater part of their adult lives in America, I know at least as residents, if not citizens, but they used the platform to bring about change in their native country Nigeria.

john650:

Achebe and Soyinka also spent a greater part of their adult lives in America, I know at least as residents, if not citizens, but they used the platform to bring about change in their home country Nigeria.

True though

AmazonTopaz:
How on earth did you know it was me.I didn't directly speak on what chimamanda said.She should leave Hillary alone it is her life and choice.Same way she chose to answer miss and no one complained about it.

Ms not miss

senbonzakurakageyoshi:
What's the problem with identifying as a wife?

Nothing at all, except your husband doesn't identify as a husband. Abi, are you alone in the marriage?

Chimamanda is a wife too, in case you guys are wondering. It is not an accomplishment.

hey man, been a long while i last saw this moniker here....

Issakendrick:
A writer and advocate for gender equality "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" confronted former US First Lady and US presidential aspirant "Hillary Clinton" on her Twitter bio in which she identifies herself first as a "wife".

While interviewing Hillary Clinton at a PEN World Voices Festival lecture at the Cooper Union in Manhattan on Sunday night, Chimamanda asked the former Democratic presidential candidate why, with all her career accomplishments, she chose to be primarily identified in her Twitter bio as a "Wife."

Chimamanda said:

In your Twitter account, the first word that describes you is ‘Wife.’ And then I think it’s ‘Mom,’ and then it’s ‘Grandmother'. And when I saw that, I have to confess that I felt just a little bit upset. And then I went and I looked at your husband’s Twitter account, and the first word was not ‘husband.’

Bill Clinton’s Twitter bio leads with, "Founder, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States." There was no mention of his marital status, neither did he add that he's a father.

Adichie said she wanted to know if it was Clinton’s choice to first identify in relation to her husband, and if so, why.

And Hillary Clinton replied:

When you put it like that, I’m going to change it.

Clinton's response prompted roars from the crowd. But she had a good explanation for why she started by describing herself as a "Wife" in her Twitter bio. She said that women should be able to celebrate both their accomplishments and their relationships. She told a story about hearing the former US First Lady, late Barbara Bush speak at Wellesley in the early 1990s.

Quoting Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton said:

She said, you know, at the end of the day, it won’t matter if you got a raise, it won’t matter if you wrote a great book, if you are not also someone who values relationships.

And though Barbara Bush got a standing ovation after that speech, Hillary Clinton told Chimamanda Adichie and the PEN crowd she’s not sure Bush was right.

Clinton said:

It shouldn’t be either/or. It should be that if you are someone who is defining yourself by what you do and what you accomplish, and that is satisfying, then more power to you. That is how you should be thinking about your life, and living it. If you are someone who primarily defines your life in relationship to others, then more power to you, and live that life the way Barbara Bush lived that life, and how proud she was to do it.

But I think most of us as women in today’s world end up in the middle. Wanting to have relationships, wanting to invest in them, nurture them, but also pursuing our own interests.

Source:
http://www.nairaplus.com/2018/04/chimamanda-adichie-questions-hillary.html

Amanda, getting married to Bill is one of the grestest achievements of Hilary, she put that firs on her bio. You can put ur husband in the kitchen, e no concern me. That is how u guys are making my lady not listen to me when i am talking to her bc of this rubbish feminism

AmazonTopaz:
She is answering her fathers name because we live in a patriarchal society.

She should be fighting for a matrilinial society instead cos answering her father's name glorifies men.

bukatyne:


Who should Beyonce appeal to?

Women?

I wonder o.

goodmanjustice:




Amanda, getting married to Bill is one of the grestest achievements of Hilary, she put that firs on her bio. You can put ur husband in the kitchen, e no concern me. That is how u guys are making my lady not listen to me when i am talking to her bc of this rubbish feminism

Then find one that will listen, as much as I respect women, you can't have 2 Captains in one ship, that ship won't sail in the right direction. Life is too short for too much complications.

sinaj:
Smh!

She lost it this time.

She will preach feminism from her co-husband husband's home while her ignorant follower's home get broken nd some still single because of feminism

If she isnt a proud wife nd a mother, let her leave Mrs Clinton to her choice. After all the so called feminism is about following ur choice.
Family should always come first b4 anything.

Dnt coman put sand in anoda person's garri

wise babe....

Xisnin:

No, thinking not identifying yourself as a wife on twitter makes you a bad wife.

Where exactly did you find anyone making this argument?

The lady knows what she is doing.
Feminism is a welcome development in the west as lgtb. Support any of the two and see yourself soar high.

That's a smart lady out there.

mandate12:


I would av expected better from an intelligent African lady. I'm Soz but Chimamanda's intelligence went wrong this time.

Nope, she is one smart lady.
This sells for her the way fake butt and boobs sold for nicki minaj in the music industry.

Of all the things to be upset with in the world, Adichie is upset that Hillary Clinton lists wife on her twitter bio. Such impudence. God has favored her in the literary field and it has gone over her head to ask such an impudent question to a former first lady. If she is so upset why cant she just name the pervert that sexually assaulted her? Fame has gone to her head. Ridiculous.

sinaj:
I really feel for d hubby. This kinda women often end up with good men.

Imagine people adressing ur wife as miss instead of Mrs. Seems she married d man.

Hmmm, the man would just be a stone figure if he's not of same interest with her.

You know that moment when it looks like devil has taken over your wife. She has this stone heart and all.... The next she'll say she believe in the universe and whatever and that's if she has not already �

Xisnin:


How does the society benefits by a woman calling herself "wife"?

And how doesn't the society benefit when a woman calls herself wife? The point isn't whether or not the society benefits. Like someone said earlier a world where people aren't described by various appendages is most desirable; just be who you want to be. And rightly so, Clinton chose to agree with Adichie on this one. Another might have disagreed and it still wouldn't make them less of who they are. I think the whole point is to be objective in the end regardless of whatever values or ideologies we try to promote

gfreymom302:
She should be fighting for a matrilinial society instead cos answering her father's name glorifies men.

Then what exactly is feminism for?Not everyone would agree to what you said.Your opinion some see nothing in a name others see something.Even you and I know that sometimes mothers are more loved by children than fathers even though they bear daddys last name or first name.

GiantParrot:


Where exactly did you find anyone making this argument?

Inductive reasoning my friend.

Issakendrick:
A writer and advocate for gender equality "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" confronted former US First Lady and US presidential aspirant "Hillary Clinton" on her Twitter bio in which she identifies herself first as a "wife".

While interviewing Hillary Clinton at a PEN World Voices Festival lecture at the Cooper Union in Manhattan on Sunday night, Chimamanda asked the former Democratic presidential candidate why, with all her career accomplishments, she chose to be primarily identified in her Twitter bio as a "Wife."

Chimamanda said:

In your Twitter account, the first word that describes you is ‘Wife.’ And then I think it’s ‘Mom,’ and then it’s ‘Grandmother'. And when I saw that, I have to confess that I felt just a little bit upset. And then I went and I looked at your husband’s Twitter account, and the first word was not ‘husband.’

Bill Clinton’s Twitter bio leads with, "Founder, Clinton Foundation and 42nd President of the United States." There was no mention of his marital status, neither did he add that he's a father.

Adichie said she wanted to know if it was Clinton’s choice to first identify in relation to her husband, and if so, why.

And Hillary Clinton replied:

When you put it like that, I’m going to change it.

Clinton's response prompted roars from the crowd. But she had a good explanation for why she started by describing herself as a "Wife" in her Twitter bio. She said that women should be able to celebrate both their accomplishments and their relationships. She told a story about hearing the former US First Lady, late Barbara Bush speak at Wellesley in the early 1990s.

Quoting Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton said:

She said, you know, at the end of the day, it won’t matter if you got a raise, it won’t matter if you wrote a great book, if you are not also someone who values relationships.

And though Barbara Bush got a standing ovation after that speech, Hillary Clinton told Chimamanda Adichie and the PEN crowd she’s not sure Bush was right.

Clinton said:

It shouldn’t be either/or. It should be that if you are someone who is defining yourself by what you do and what you accomplish, and that is satisfying, then more power to you. That is how you should be thinking about your life, and living it. If you are someone who primarily defines your life in relationship to others, then more power to you, and live that life the way Barbara Bush lived that life, and how proud she was to do it.

But I think most of us as women in today’s world end up in the middle. Wanting to have relationships, wanting to invest in them, nurture them, but also pursuing our own interests.

Source:
http://www.nairaplus.com/2018/04/chimamanda-adichie-questions-hillary.html

Confused people, if you have problems with she being a wife, or identifying herself first as a wife, I wonder what you have been writing in those your books �

StoneColdBiceps:


Small book wey she write we no go hear word again. I pity her hubby sha.

Adichie we know who are you Mr. biceps?

SmellingAnus:
wise babe....

lol

Gud pm dear

Xisnin:

Adichie we know who are you Mr. biceps?

I'm Johnny bravo. What else?

sinaj:
lol

Gud pm dear

Gud PM Dear... I am happy that you are wise so you will not allow one femnist to come and destroy our marriage...

Been a while... But my eyes are on you...