“There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the ...” — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quote

“There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the private in Nigeria.”

“I have my father's lopsided mouth. When I smile, my lips slope to one side. My doctor sister calls it my cerebral palsy mouth. I am very much a daddy's girl, and even though I would rather my smile wasn't crooked, there is something moving for me about having a mouth exactly like my father's.”

“My greatest vanity is my skin. It is the colour of gingerbread and, thanks to my mother's genes, smooth and mostly blemish-free.”

“You are only as rich as where you come from, and Nigeria has a lot of poverty.”

“My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.”

“I was raised in Nigeria, and my mother is white, but I never saw her as white, not until I came to America. She was just my mother. She didn't really have a color.”