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Christiana

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2728 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

She's a real Igbo woman.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

She's a real Igbo woman.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Wait, what? That's how Christiana... I'd love to tell the story. It's crazy. When Trevor first got his job at The Daily Show, he had a guest on that I didn't agree with, that I thought he shouldn't have had it. I stand by that. Does this guest have a name, perhaps? Yeah, Tommy Loren. Yeah. And it was like a super viral interview and there was lots of reactions. And... Credit to Trevor.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Wait, what? That's how Christiana... I'd love to tell the story. It's crazy. When Trevor first got his job at The Daily Show, he had a guest on that I didn't agree with, that I thought he shouldn't have had it. I stand by that. Does this guest have a name, perhaps? Yeah, Tommy Loren. Yeah. And it was like a super viral interview and there was lots of reactions. And... Credit to Trevor.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

He came across tweets where I was critical of him in a very respectful way, I think. I was kind of... How you were critical? Not critical. I was just discussing... Oh, yeah. I was discussing the fact that he'd had this guest on his show. And because he disagreed with me, he followed me. He was just like, I don't think she's right.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

He came across tweets where I was critical of him in a very respectful way, I think. I was kind of... How you were critical? Not critical. I was just discussing... Oh, yeah. I was discussing the fact that he'd had this guest on his show. And because he disagreed with me, he followed me. He was just like, I don't think she's right.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Because he stands by why he had the interview, which I love about him. And someone reached out to me and was like, oh, Trevor Noah's a fan. What have you thought about working at the show? And the Nigerian in me was like, ah, this man is trying to trick me. Tell me off. That's the first thing I told my parents. I was like, I've got this email.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Because he stands by why he had the interview, which I love about him. And someone reached out to me and was like, oh, Trevor Noah's a fan. What have you thought about working at the show? And the Nigerian in me was like, ah, this man is trying to trick me. Tell me off. That's the first thing I told my parents. I was like, I've got this email.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think this man is trying to trick me and he's holding a grudge because I said he shouldn't have that girl. But there was like that. But I see why, though. But we engaged in a few conversations where he was like, you know, you've made me think I don't necessarily agree. We had a few exchanges, not disrespectful ones, but like Trevor's very kumbaya.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think this man is trying to trick me and he's holding a grudge because I said he shouldn't have that girl. But there was like that. But I see why, though. But we engaged in a few conversations where he was like, you know, you've made me think I don't necessarily agree. We had a few exchanges, not disrespectful ones, but like Trevor's very kumbaya.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But I'm a child of Biafra, so I always want to fight. So there is that. I think there's that. Not tension, but we bring different things to.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But I'm a child of Biafra, so I always want to fight. So there is that. I think there's that. Not tension, but we bring different things to.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Well, I came to America in 2014 and I say this a lot and maybe I'm coming from like a Western lens of being in the UK and communicating with my friends in the UK. I think in the UK also people are wearing their politics more or whatever their label of whatever you identify as, whether Republican, Democrat, Socialist or whatever.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Well, I came to America in 2014 and I say this a lot and maybe I'm coming from like a Western lens of being in the UK and communicating with my friends in the UK. I think in the UK also people are wearing their politics more or whatever their label of whatever you identify as, whether Republican, Democrat, Socialist or whatever.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And that is being at the front of a conversation in a way that is tainting how you can experience a person in real life.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And that is being at the front of a conversation in a way that is tainting how you can experience a person in real life.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In a way that I didn't feel when I first came to America.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In a way that I didn't feel when I first came to America.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When I first came, yeah. Because remember, I came when Obama was still in power. You're not wrong, actually. Yeah, when I came at the tail end of Obama, everyone assumed Hillary would win. And to be a Trump voter was a very quiet thing. I mean, we only discovered there were so many voters when the guy won. Because everyone was, it was just those red hat people over there.

What Now? with Trevor Noah
The Reality of Fiction with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When I first came, yeah. Because remember, I came when Obama was still in power. You're not wrong, actually. Yeah, when I came at the tail end of Obama, everyone assumed Hillary would win. And to be a Trump voter was a very quiet thing. I mean, we only discovered there were so many voters when the guy won. Because everyone was, it was just those red hat people over there.