Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's speech at the PEN America's Words on Fire Symposium on September 12th, 2022. Watch the full speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kxro7j5z5Q | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

41K views · 1.5K reactions | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks about teaching children to value themselves in this excerpt from her keynote speech at the NEA Foundation's 50th Anniversary Symposium. Watch the full video at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhSAgTcLFbE&t=0m1s | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Facebook

| Pronunciation matters | I have listend to several of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ‘s audiobooks before. She is one of my favorite Igbo writers. So I was looking forward to listening to “Half of a yellow sun”, but…. …I had to turn it off, because pronunciation matters. Even I, still a learner of Igbo language, felt pained each time they mispronounced an Igbo word. “Half of a yellow sun” is a story of Ala Igbo and Igbo characters with Igbo names… why not have an Igbo person read the story or at leas