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Multiple award-winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named among Sunday Times’ Women of the Year for 2020. Adichie made the UK Times 50 women list alongside Queen Elizabeth, US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, singer and entrepreneur, Rihanna; amongst others.
Adichie and the other remarkable women were chosen for being “Inspiring, memorable and sometimes divisive” and for being the “women who stood out in an unforgettable year”
2020 has been a challenging year for so many across the globe including Chimamanda who is still mourning the passing of her beloved father. On the career front however, it’s been a banner year for the award winning novelist who continues to inspire with her literary works, political and social advocacy. This laudable recognition from The Sunday Times further caps a wonderful year for her.
Photography was like a cure for me
Sameer Al-Doumy was still a child when he first began photographing the war in his hometown of Douma. As the siege and bombs continued, he grew up as a photojournalist. 22 December 2020
Syrians evacuate an injured boy after an air strike on Douma, on June 16, 2015. Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy.
Sameer Al-Doumy is a Syrian photographer born in 1998 in the city of Douma, near the Syrian capital Damascus. In late 2014, he began working for Agence France-Presse as a freelance photographer in Syria. He still works for AFP in Normandy, France where he now lives as a refugee. Sameer was awarded the 1st Prize in the Spot News Stories category in the World Press Photo 2016 contest.
In her award-winning works, Adichie relentlessly addresses the central social grievances and political challenges of our time. As one of the most important intellectual champions of women’s rights, she inspires people around the world in their pursuit of freedom.
Professor Karl-Heinz Paqué, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, explains: “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the long-lost, undogmatic voice of liberal feminism in the 21st century. She represents the success and self-image of a new generation of African women writers who are increasingly making their voices heard on the world literary stage. In her fight for freedom and self-determination for women, Adichie contributes to the consolidation of liberal values and goals – not only in Africa, but all over the world.”
India joins the love police: Draconian interfaith marriage laws ring the death knell for individual liberty December 20, 2020, 8:57 PM IST
Robin David is resident editor of The Times of India s Hyderabad edition. His first book, City of Fear, was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2007.
The so-called ‘love jihad’ laws that many Indian states hope to pass after Uttar Pradesh’s ordinance, aim to stop Muslim men from marrying Hindu women after converting them. Ironically enough, the same laws may help India become a lifetime member of an exclusive club of Muslim-dominated countries, that consider it their moral responsibility to police love between interfaith couples.