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The Reality of Fiction [VIDEO]

2025/3/20
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What Now? with Trevor Noah
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Chimamanda discusses her views on fame, its impact on art, and her decision to stay off social media for self-preservation.
  • Fame can interfere with how art is perceived.
  • Chimamanda stays off social media to avoid potentially destructive interactions.
  • She values the authenticity of her fiction writing above public perception.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins Trevor and Christiana to discuss her new novel and how she approaches the alchemy of writing fiction. The three also discuss the challenge of exchanging opposing ideas in today’s world, when joke telling may be crossing the line, and why Chimamanda declines to be on social media.

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