The Nigerian-born novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie headlined the 14th annual CityLit Festival, joining a public conversation about racial prejudice.
“When Adichie appears in Baltimore on Saturday to headline the 14th annual CityLit Festival, she’ll tell her audience that the misogyny she encounters among relatives and friends disturbs her more than being discriminated against because of her skin color.
‘I don’t think sexism is worse than racism,’ the 39-year-old Adichie said during a chat in her Ellicott City home. ‘But when I experience sexism in my own personal circle, it makes me angrier.’ “
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