Chillin' with Chimamanda

The Stoop

Hana Baba and Leila Day

Identity, International, Thestoop, Blackness, Storytelling, African, Personal Journals, Africanamerican, Blackidentity, Blackart, Journalism, Society & Culture, Black, Diaspora, Blackculture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Queen is here! Today we’re Stoopin' it with award-winning Nigerian author and ground-breaking cultural icon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie!
Hana has SO many questions for her favorite author- from how African stereotypical narratives are changing, to being a Nigerian mama in 2025 America, to book bans, and returning to writing fiction after 12 years since her groundbreaking novel Americanah.
We’re chillin’ with Chimamanda!

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0:00.0	Hey, Hanang.
0:04.6	Hey, Lila.
0:07.1	I'm excited.
0:09.3	I know you are so excited.
0:13.7	Starstruck.
0:15.6	Yes, yes, yes.
0:18.3	I mean, you're completely fan-girling.
0:20.4	What happened? It finally happened. I mean, you're completely fan-girling. What happened?
0:21.3	It finally happened.
0:23.6	I got to meet her, and I got to talk to her.
0:27.5	I got to sit down with her.
0:31.9	Calm it down.
0:32.9	Take some deep breaths.
0:34.9	You need to cool off.
0:36.4	What happened?
0:37.1	Tell me more. Okay, so I was like, what do I wear? Do I wear
0:41.2	this dress? Do I wear pants? Oh my God. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. You are in a whirlwind. Oh, my God.
0:47.0	I know you are a super fan of hers. And I know this meant so much to you. So can we just start? Can we just
0:53.5	hear about it?
0:54.9	Okay, okay.
0:55.9	Let me...
0:57.2	Today we're stooping it with award-winning author,
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