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Tuesday 18 October 2016

Love Letter to First Lady, Mitchelle Obama By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie:

She had rhythm, a flow and swerve, hands slicing air, body weight moving from foot to foot, a beautiful rhythm. In anything else but a black American body, it would have been contrived. The three-quarter sleeves of her teal dress announced its appropriateness, as did her matching brooch. But the cut of the dress scorned any “future first lady” stuffiness; it hung easy on her, as effortless as her animation. And a brooch, Old World style accessory, yes, but hers was big and ebulliently shaped and perched center on her chest. Michelle Obama was speaking.

Friday 26 February 2016

NIGERIAN NEWSPAPER HEADLINES FOR TODAY, FRIDAY, 26/2/2016.


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