Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Dream Count
Four women whose lives intersect: Chia is a travel writer searching for a sense of home. Zikora is a lawyer and single mother. Kadiatou works as a domestic helper for Chia and fights for justice after a sexual assault. Omelogor, Chia’s cousin, is a financial analyst in Lagos who dropped out of university in the U.S. and writes a blog about relationships and sexuality.
With Dream Count, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, one of the most important literary voices of our time, presents a new novel. In it, she tells a story of love and loss, friendship and self-determination – and the courage to take one’s life into one’s own hands. Dream Count is “a powerful tale of solidarity among four women between Nigeria and the United States” (FAZ).
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the international literature festival berlin (ilb), the festival has secured Adichie for her only appearance in Berlin—one of just two in Germany. Three years after delivering the keynote speech at the opening of the Humboldt Forum in 2021, in which she called for courage and responsibility in addressing colonial history, Adichie returns to this venue. She will present her new book, read selected passages, and speak about the four women in her novel – and the fifth woman: the author herself.
The conversation with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will take place in English. Following the event, there will be an opportunity to purchase Dream Count and have it signed.
This event is organized together with the international literature festival berlin (ilb), Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, and S. Fischer Verlag.
This event is at capacity and is no longer accepting registrations.