On Saturday, June 23, Dr. Sylvester Ugoh, former Minister of
Education, sent me a video clip of Chimamanda Adichie delivering a speech as
the Harvard University 2018 Class Day Speaker.
It was
the quintessential Chimamanda at her literary best – evocative and enchanting.
She was selected by the Harvard students, as it is the tradition, to act the
role, another validation for the lady of letters who has become Nigeria’s
foremost 21st century literary
ambassador.
I don’t know what informed the leitmotif of her speech which she titled, “Above All Ese, Do Not Lie,” but she handled the concepts of falsehood and truth in a uniquely fascinating way asking some fundamental questions such as: “Should we call a lie, a lie? When is a lie, a lie?”
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I don’t know what informed the leitmotif of her speech which she titled, “Above All Ese, Do Not Lie,” but she handled the concepts of falsehood and truth in a uniquely fascinating way asking some fundamental questions such as: “Should we call a lie, a lie? When is a lie, a lie?”
