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Ayobami Adebayo

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When I was a child, there were two Nigerian writers in every bookshop: Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka.

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I wanted to explore expectations we have of people – what a woman should be, what a man should be. And if they don’t meet our own interpretation of who they should be because of their gender, their background, their ethnic group, we then come to conclusions about them that are not accurate.

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April 21, 2024

I’m still startled when people ask me for writing advice.

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April 21, 2024

I wanted to explore expectations we have of people – what a woman should be, what a man should be. And if they don’t meet our own interpretation of who they should be because of their gender, their background, their ethnic group, we then come to conclusions about them that are not accurate.

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