Black History Month – Listen to the Voices
During Black History Month Church Chat is highlighting some influential black voices. This YouTube clip is the international writer Chimamanda Adichie addressing the Humboldt Forum, the prestigious Museum of Non-European art in Berlin.
Chimamanda’s writing draws on her experiences of Nigeria where she grew up and the US where she moved when she was 19. She has won numerous awards and in 2015 she was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. In 2017, Fortune Magazine named her one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders. She is a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.