Here’s why an International magazine rejected these images of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Award winning Nigerian Author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie shares Photos rejected by an International Magazine for being ‘Too Glamorous’ she wrote.

Ms Adichie who shared some of the photos rejected by the magazine, stated that it is because she was “looking too glamorous” in them, without mentioning the name of Magazine.

The Nigerian writer whose works include novels, short stories and nonfiction, said she’s sharing the photos for their “vanity-boosting benefits” and to thank the “talented people in Lagos” who worked on the shoot.

She wrote on her instagram page Tuesday, “It was a cover shoot for an international magazine. Or it was supposed to be. The magazine rejected the photos.”

The author of novels like, Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), and Americanah(2013), the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck (2009), and the book-length essay We Should All Be Feminists (2014) continued, “They didn’t want me ‘looking too glamorous,’ they said. And so the cover didn’t happen. What does one do with rejected photos but show them anyway, primarily for the vanity-boosting benefits ????? of such an act, but also to celebrate and thank these talented people in Lagos:”

Her most recent books are Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017), Zikora (2020) and Notes on Grief (2021).

 In 2008, she was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In 2012, Adichie gave a TEDx talk entitled: “We should all be feminists”.

She had shared her experiences of being an African feminist, and her views on gender construction and sexuality.

She also said: “I am angry. Gender as it functions today is a grave injustice. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change, but in addition to being angry, I’m also hopeful because I believe deeply in the ability of human beings to make and remake themselves for the better.