Nigeria Has No Heroes. It Is In Utter Disarray | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Africa Web TV August 26, 2022
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Acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says Nigeria has been starved of heroes. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was giving the keynote address during the Nigerian Bar Association Conference 2022. Nigeria has embraced mediocrity and the country is in disarray! She criticises the catholic church leadership in Nigeria for being obsessed with money and calls for a free and fair elections in Nigeria in 2023. Please consider joining this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCljBfmJffQppZYiX2h3pgGQ/join https://tiktok.com/@africawebtv https://instagram.com/africawebtv https://creators.spotify.com/pod/africawebtv https://threads.net/@africawebtv https://africawebtv.bsky.social https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaDAKbj89indJ4hQmS2E https://facebook.com/webtvafrica https://twitter.com/africawebtv https://africawebtv.nl © Africa Web TV 2022 00:00 I am a writer and a lover of words 00:22 Disruptive speaks to the spirits of our time 01:45 Nigeria is starved of heroes 02:37 Heroes are not angels 03:08 Nigeria is in utter disarray 04:49 A bold transition cannot begin with a premise of pessimism 05:04 I have been called troublesome 07:25 The government does not have a monopoly of tyranny 09:12 Me and the catholic church, a personal story 14:43 Mediocrity is our norm 15:10 There is something dead in our society 16:15 What is the right thing to do 16:55 Many Nigerians are disillusioned with the justice system 19:48 Legal procedures should be simpler, shorter, cheaper 20:05 Nigeria suffers from patriotic shame 21:46 Women should be compensated equally as men 23:03 2023 Nigerian elections must be seen to be free and fair 24:24 A personal story about love letters 26:13 We lose a lot if we lose sight of compassion #chimamandangoziadichie #nigeria #africannarratives