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Mary Beard meets fascinating figures from the worlds of art, literature and politics

Mary Beard meets fascinating figures from the worlds of art, literature and politics in a selection of interviews from Inside Culture and Front Row Late.

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When Mary Beard Met...: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Mary Beard is in conversation with acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Mary Beard is in conversation with critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in her first public appearance since the news of her mother’s death.

In a special programme, Mary Beard is in conversation with critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her latest book, Notes on Grief, conveys her startlingly powerful reaction to losing her father last year, the man she credits with instilling in her a strong feminist instinct.

Her writing is both tender and fierce, whether it’s her Women’s Prize-winning novel Half of a Yellow Sun or her influential essay We Should All Be Feminists, and she’s often named as one of Africa’s best writers.

In her first public appearance since the devastating news of her mother’s death, she talks to Mary about the power of literature to heal, how it feels to have Beyonce using her words in her songs and why Enid Blyton was her inspiration to write as she was growing up in Nigeria.

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