Bourgie. It’s a word with which the black community is fairly familiar. But depending on your attitude toward it, you may feel a little comfortable owning it as an identifier. Is “bourgie” a pejorative, a badge of honor, or something in the middle? For the purposes of this fun little self-assessment, let’s give it the most charitable definition possible. Today, for our Clutch quiz, bourgie will mean ironically hifalutin or playfully snooty, perhaps a little given to putting on pretentious airs but also rather aware of what you’re doing.

Hopefully that takes the edge off, for those who score as bourgie here, even though they’ve always considered that term to be a jab.

Answer the following questions, see how you fair, and post your results in our comments section:

1. If given the choice, where would you suggest meeting a group of six friends for a meal?

a. The brunch spot that was recently featured in your city’s Sunday Style section as the new “It Spot” for young, minority professionals.
b. A trendy tapas bar, where wine flows in abundance, and the music is a mellow mix of Robin Thicke, Kem, and Maxwell.
c. An inexpensive low-end spot like TGI Friday’s or Red Robin where everyone’s appetizers will be cheap and plentiful and some big game will be blaring from an overhead TV.

2. Your younger cousin is applying to colleges. What type of school would you suggest?

a. An Ivy League or Big Ten university. If you’ve got the grades and extracurriculars, it’s the only way to go.
b. An HBCU, of course — but you’d push Howard, Hampton, Morehouse, or Spelman, especially.
c. Whichever place has the best program for her selected major, with the most attractive financial aid package or the most affordable tuition price tag.

3. When “questionable” portrayals of blacks crop up in the media (as in the case of Shawty Lo’s now-defunct reality show), you respond in the following way:

a. Petition, boycott, express moral outrage! These reality shows are a reflection on our whole community and you, for one, do not take kindly at seeing your own debased for the entertainment of others.
b. Shake your head and say it’s a real shame that there can’t be more news reports and reality shows about black folks doing positive things.
c. Understand the offense of your community takes to the portrayal as legitimate, but decide to sit most of these moral outrage movements out.

4. When Bill Cosby first gave his now infamous “pound cake speech,” you:

a. Co-signed to the fullest! Pull up your pants, young man.
b. Wondered if he might be oversimplifying the multifaceted issues that contribute to decreased achievement stats in urban communities.
c. Longed for the bearded Bill Cosby of the ’70s.

5. When you heard about the imminent release of Tarantino’s Django Unchained, you:

a. scoffed at the idea and immediately cited Tarantino’s love affair with the N-word and fetishization of black culture as reason enough to boycott.
b. decided you have to see it for yourself, but only to have an intelligent conversation about the many levels on which it would probably fail.
c. knew immediately that you’d be there on opening night! Come on, who can resist a slavery era spaghetti Western?!

6. On Thursdays at 10 pm, you:

a. log out of Twitter read a book. Scandal is not for you. You just don’t see what people see in it.
b. host an in-home Scandal party with your closest friends, complete with large glasses of wine, and a running commentary on the perfection of Kerry Washington’s wardrobe.
c. live-tweet, chuckle, and accept how implausible it all is while enjoying its addictive merits.

7. Which of the following would disqualify a guy from a second date with you?

a. He didn’t attend a four-year college, and he drives a used, economy car.
b. He wore jeans on a non-jean occasion and he drank one too many beers.
c. You just weren’t compatible. It isn’t going anywhere.

Results:

Mostly a’s: Oh, you’re bourgie, all right. You have a great deal of drive and are committed to the highest achievement possible. You expect the same commitment and drive from others. You fully engage in the politics of respectability–and why shouldn’t you? You think black folks could use a bit more self-respect across the board, and you find positive portrayals of blacks in the media to be a personal ego boost for you. Your belief that we’re all a reflection on one another can be both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it means you’re often accused of being preachy and judgmental, but on the other hand, your willingness to take responsibility for others can be inspirational. Remember that your perspective is different from — not superior to — others, and ensure that your tone skirts condescension as often as possible, especially with family and friends.

Mostly b.’s: You’re a little bourgie. You like high-end things and proximity to “respectable,” “positive” endeavors (and the people who initiate them). You’re upwardly mobile and may occasionally refer to certain behaviors in distancing ways: “ghetto,” “hood,” or “ratchet.” You would never do anything that could be classified in those ways (except maybe listen to some misogynistic hip-hop). But you’re not necessarily a pearl-clutcher, either. You enjoy a good episode of black reality TV, where wig-snatching and drink tossing is likely to occur. You don’t like your significant other to be *too* straight-laced. And you don’t see the actions of all black folks as a reflection on you. This balance is usually a good thing. You’re open to differences of opinion and perspective, even as you hold your own values and morals in pretty high esteem.

Mostly c’s: No one’s gonna mistake you for bourgie. You’re very “live and let live” with yours. You believe everyone’s an individual, we’re only accountable ourselves and (on occasion) those we love, and you’re a little sad for Shawty Lo’s exes and children because the cancellation of their Oxygen show means a loss of some potential income. You don’t like being critical of other people’s life choices, especially people you don’t know. And what’s so wrong with Red Lobster or TGI Friday’s?! Are you going to the restaurant to spot celebs and be photographed or just to hang with your friends, drink cocktails, and eat on the cheap? (There’s nothing wrong with the former, of course, but you’re happier in the latter’s more relaxed settings.) Beware trying to convince a bourgie friend to abandon her ideals; it makes you just as judgmental as you’re always claiming she is.

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The Washington Post’s new short film series, BrotherSpeak, debuted its latest offering today, a six-minute documentary in which an all-black cast of men discuss their views on love. Participants include Rev. Frank Reid, Rev. Tony Lee, journalist Jonathan Capehart, and rapper Asheru.

The segment, produced by theologian and Urban Cusp founder Rahiel Tesfamariam, tackles a wide range of perspectives on familial love, self-love, homosexuality, infidelity, and marital love. Each participant offers a candid, honest insight into his personal experience. Take a look:

It’s wonderful to see black men’s experiences being tapped for mainstream exploration and discussion, particularly as they relate to a topic as intimate as love. Emotional and psychological discourse are just as important as political discourse — especially in regards to black men, who are most often tapped for the latter.

BrotherSpeak is a three-part series, in cooperation with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. Its other topics will be fear (which can be seen here) and dreams.

Watch the short and tell us what you think!

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When TLC announced its intention to produce a reality show about five Atlanta “first ladies” (aka pastors’ wives), I had my doubts. Would it be a fair, but honest look into the various challenges women who marry into ministry face? Or would it be like “Real Housewives of Megachurch County,” complete with threats of bodily harm, wig-snatching, neck-rolling, and epic shade-throwing confessionals.

Last night’s series premiere hewed closer to the latter. Every reality show needs drama — and this show’s editors are happy to supply it. Several stock personality types are represented: the pot-stirrer, the holier-than-thou condescender, the den mother, the former addict, the defensive one who’s not doing as well financially as the others. Thrown together in improbable settings like lunches and brunches and church visits, we’re sure to see a lot of conflict.

None of the pastors and their wives are particularly well-known personalities outside their congregations and immediate communities. The closest we get to a “celebrity” here is Ivy Couch, formerly of the ’90s girl group Xscape (… according to her). Since it’s clear that all The Sisterhood’s participants only agreed to appear here to grow their brands (read: up their membership or, in the case of the two couples who’ve lost their churches, attract new opportunities), it’s hard to take any of what’s happening seriously. Everything feels like a stunt, from the pastor who drags his teen daughters to the patio to show them how to affix condoms (while telling them about his multiple past STDs) to the two pastors’ wives who get into a shouting match over when it’s appropriate to quote scripture to one another.

Twitter, of course, turned out in force to live-tweet reactions to the premiere. Some were understandably concerned that the show was “just another way to mock Christianity and the Black church.” Others found it typically problematic but still entertaining.

It’s hard to render a realistic depiction of any subculture that will satisfy its most devout members. But TLC clearly isn’t trying with The Sisterhood — and that should’ve been expected. Anyone who plans to watch shouldn’t hope to find out much about real problems minsters’ wives actually face. Viewers should expect a lot of gossip and shade, a lot of yelling, one weird, super-fit “Black Barbie” first lady chasing another first lady down a sidewalk, couples arguing, some hospital room sobbing, and some inappropriate conversation for shock value.

Someday, it might be nice to see a reality show that lifts the veil of secrecy that seems to shroud the black pastorate. It might be even nicer if some real, recognizable megachurch pastors agreed to let parts of their lives or ministries that were previously hidden be exposed. But TLC wouldn’t be the network, and The Sisterhood definitely isn’t that show. Is The Sisterhood a great representation of “the saints” (aka the black church community)? No. Is its very existence an act of sacrilege? No. It’s just kind of corny and needlessly sensational.

Did you watch the first episode of The Sisterhood? What did you think?

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While we’re all making our last-minute decisions about what we’d like to give up or implement in the new year, we thought it might be fun to take a break and think about what kinds of resolutions some high-profile celebs might be making today.

We’ve picked just over a handful of folk who’ll likely be making be changes — for better or worse — in 2013, as well as folks we’d like to hear from more (or less) in the new year.

Feel free to add your own picks in the comments section.

1. Katt Williams: Katt, time is of the essence. You need a great deal of professional help. Seek it, invest in it, stick with it. With all these assault, child endangerment, and audience-alienating headlines you’re making, it’s clear that 2013 is going to be a tipping point for you. Resolve now to make some healthy, positive changes as the new year rings in.

2. Chad Johnson and Evelyn Lozada: So we hear you’re back together. Okay. Y’all know y’all. But now that you’ve decided to make a second go of things in 2013, we hope that you’ve resolved to get some real counseling from a licensed family therapist. We hope you’re both committed to implementing the anger management tips you’ve likely learned via voluntary courses and/or Iyanla Fix My Life. 2013 just might be a comeback year for you, Chad.

3. T-Boz: Looks like your TLC reality show, Totally T-Boz, premieres tomorrow. That’s cool, and we’re gonna give the pilot episode a go. But, according to the promos, it also looks like you and Chilli are still pretty committed to this TLC comeback you’ve been trying to get off the ground for a few years now. In 2013, we’d really love it if you both found a new niche. You, in particular, would be seriously entertaining as a permanent judge on one of these reality talent competitions that are always cropping up. Yes, we know you tried that a few years ago when you tried to fill the third spot of your erstwhile trio with a girl who called herself O’so Krispie. But this would be different. Better. Trust us.

4. Tracee Ellis Ross: Things didn’t pan out for you in 2012 the way we would’ve hoped. We were a little sad that you left the BET sitcom you helmed, Reed Between the Lines, reportedly in order to take a shot at a role in an NBC prison drama that was never picked up. But you debuted a fantastic website that showcased your impeccable instincts as a tastemaker. And, as far as we know, you’re still happily dating Akon’s wealthy younger brother, so … winning! But in 2013, we hope you resolve to find your way back onto our TV screens on a weekly basis. We love you and you’re awesome.

5. KimYe: Though we’re a little surprised you didn’t wait to drop the bomb about your wombfruit until the first of the new year, we’re happy to congratulate you! Here’s the thing, though: it’s pretty obvious that you both have a thing for the limelight (it’s as obvious as water being wet, obvious as NYE falling on December 31 every year, obvious as Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kanye’s kilt). Sometimes, when celebrities start a new family — even celebs who milk photo ops and speak in soundbytes — really find value in spending the first few months of their new child’s life shrouded in privacy. That might be a good thing for you both to resolve in 2013.

6. Dave Chappelle: This will be the seventh year that Chappelle’s Show has been off the air. Since then, we know you’ve returned to your stand-up roots, but the results have been inconsistent. This year, as every year, we really wish you’d come back in a big, stable way. We’re not sure how to formulate that into a quick and concise resolution, but if you’re working on it, that’s good enough for us.

What kinds of resolutions do you imagine your favorite celebs are (or should be) making right now?

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In high school, did you take a “life skills” or social science course that required you to become a “parent” to a bag of flour, a raw egg, or a mechanical doll for a few days? If so, you may recall that you were supposed to treat that thing was a live child — your child. You may also recall shoving it into your locker, under your bed, or into the trunk of your car.

Unfortunately, this particular “life skills” exercise rarely yielded the desired results of warning teens off premature parenthood or getting them to view the responsibilities of parenthood with the seriousness they deserve (or with any seriousness, really). But that doesn’t mean the concept of a pre-pregnancy parenting course is without merit.

For those who are already expecting, there is no shortage of childbirth and parenting instruction. You can take an intensive Saturday course that’ll walk you through everything from breathing exercises to swaddling in a mere six hours. Or you can take a six-week course where you and your partner learn how to make your own baby food and administer infant CPR. Usually, expectant parents decide to take these courses toward the end of their second or the beginning of their third trimesters.

But what are the options for adults who are on the fence about becoming parents at all? What about the people who aren’t sure they can handle being responsible for another human life, because they have very little insight into what-all that entails? Would a parenting course help them to make that determination?

Perhaps. Women’s health site LifeScript thinks parenting classes are useful for everyone, regardless of where they are in the decision-to-parent process:

Whether you take classes before having or adopting a child, getting professional guidance in raising children provides a terrific start to the parent-child relationship. In the past, such classes were mainly arranged for teen parents and single moms. But all that has changed. Multitudes of classes are available for parents older than 40, grandparents raising grandkids, or first-time parents. Some specialize in certain conditions, such as the childbirth process, breastfeeding and bonding, raising toddlers, or helping special needs children.

Back in August, we ran a piece about little-known pregnancy facts and the comments made clear how mysterious pregnancy and parenting can be for the uninitiated. Surely, knowing some of those things before you’re seven or eight months along would be beneficial. Sure, seeing a mom birth placenta after labor may freak the undecided future mother out a bit, but better to know these things and brace yourself than find out about them four weeks before they happen. The same logic applies to other post-pregnancy matters: knowing is half the battle and while nothing quite compares to the on-the-job training you’ll have, no matter how many courses you take in advance, the techniques you learn in parenting courses can really come in handy in the heat of a moment.

If you’re on the fence about parenthood in general, though, do you think attending a few classes to understand more about what you’d be in for would help you decide?

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Though the concept of segregating nerddom along racial lines is a bit suspect and certainly has its detractors, the newfound attention black nerds are attracting doesn’t seem to be abating.

If you’ve ever dated a brother whose a Trekkie, a Civil War buff, a Nate Silveresque statistician, a robotics crafter, a fantasy enthusiast, or a comic book/gaming hobbyist, you already know that black nerds — also known by their corny portmanteau, ‘blerds’ — very rarely resemble Steve Urkel in fashion sense or in carriage. And the most interesting ones don’t often refer to themselves as “nerds” unironically. You may also know that what mainstream media identifies as nerddom may also be geekdom. (Apparently the two are distinguishable, but for the purposes of this piece, we’re going to use ‘blerd’ to refer to both).

In any event, there’s a bit of an art form to making a relationship thrive with a nerdy guy.

If you’re new to the game, here are a few tips to ease your tension:

1. Embrace, don’t efface.

Listen, if a dude’s a Trekkie or Star Wars buff when you meet him, and he has an annual date with a Con that involves cosplay, accept that. In fact, affirm that. If he’s not embarrassed that he dresses up like a Stormtrooper or Vulcan once or twice a year, you probably shouldn’t be either.

2. Allow for idiosyncratic conversation.

If you’re out to dinner and the conversation veers off into obscure territory, go with it. We’re not saying you should have to learn Klingon or bone up on quantum-controlled mobile robots to talk to your date. He should be able to balance discussion of his interests with discussion of yours. But understand that dating a blerd sometimes means listening to the various plot progressions of Golden, Silver, Bronze, and Modern Age Batmans. If you like him enough, this might be a turn-on.

3. Don’t feign great interest.

It’s best to be upfront about just how little you know (or care) about your date’s nerdy niches. He’ll respect you for that. And you don’t have to pretend to be into touring civil war battlegrounds in your free time (which is a win).

4. Develop *some* interest.

You’d be surprised at how much insight you can gain about a significant other by making just a small amount of effort to infiltrate a very specific culture/field in which he’s deeply interested. Even if you never become a lover of small-scale model-building, trying to build a replica just once could help you appreciate how much patience and serenity that exercise can cultivate.

5. There’s no formula.

Take all these tips with a grain of salt. This advice applies to most personality types, not just nerds, geeks, and gamers. In any new relationship, don’t go in looking to change your partner or yourself. Honor who you both are, as you both are. Figure out how much idiosyncrasy you can tolerate, and above all, enjoy the process of learning how someone else thinks. That’s almost always worth the ride.

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Here are a few of ours. Feel free to add your picks in the comments section.

1. The Return of the Box Fade
Let’s tell all the young men in our lives that the ’90s were a wonderful decade that wrought many memorable and exciting trends like chokers and dark lip liner and roughneck R&B. But just like we’re totally okay letting those things slip into the recesses of history, we will not miss the day that “high-top” or “box” fade also ends up on that pile. To hasten it, take the teens you know who are currently rockin’ a box fade to the barber shop before Jan. 1.

2. Choreographed Wedding Dances
It isn’t that these aren’t the cutest things ever. It’s that we just need to face facts: is anyone ever gonna be able to top the great daddy-daughter dance of 2011 or the coldest wedding dance ever? Doubtful. Let’s let this trend go out on top.

3. Knee-Jerk Blame-Shifting on Social Media
As was evidenced with Sandy Hook and so many unimaginable tragedies before it, social media users have a tendency to go into immediate under-informed opinion mode, speculating endlessly about who’s at fault. In 2012, rather than blaming legislature, big business, mental health, race, gender, nationality, or class within mere minutes of the news breaking, let’s let the fact finders gather accurate updates, let those who’ve lost someone grieve, and let our accusations simmer before unleashing them into the chaos.

4. YOLO
2012 was a good year for Drake. He earned his high school diploma and saw his YOLO chant reach a fever pith. But now that the term has become synonymous with making the worst life decisions possible under the guise of seizing the moment, it might be time to let that li’l phenomenon go.

5. “Ratchet”
It seems that every few years we come up with a term that intends to define unsavory behavior along cultural lines. While we’re glad “ghetoo” and “hood” seem to be slowly fazing out, it might be nice if “ratchet” also went the way of obsolescence.

What do you think? Which trends and terminology do you want to leave behind in 2013?

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While I’m sure she’d look regal in a leaping fro wig, and I know she’d put on a tough face and delivery long, righteously indignant political monologues with all the passion and fire she could muster, I’ve seen Halle Berry at the height of her passion and fire. And I know that her best would fall pretty far short of convincingly channeling Angela Davis.

Even so, as a recent Shadow and Act article has pointed out, Berry has been expressing interest in portraying the academic, revolutionary, socialist/communist icon for about two years now. She first went public with the notion in a January 2011 issue of Jet:

I’ll probably never get to play it in my life and I am going to be sad until the day I die, but I really want to play Angela Davis-badly. So badly. I just think she’s fascinating and I think I would love to tell a story from her perspective about that time in our history and what it was all about with the black panthers.

She mentioned it again in the latest issue of InStyle:

Her story is so fascinating. I would love to bring it to the screen. I would pick her brain to have a better understanding of her affiliation with the Black Panthers and that period from the 1960s.” The movie Berry hopes to make would also explore Davis’ communist beliefs – she also ran as the U.S. vice presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA.

Let’s be real here. If there’s any chance that a dramatization of Davis’ life will ever make it to the silver screen, it will only do so with someone of Berry’s Hollywood caliber attached to it. Berry produced the only Dorothy Dandridge biopic (for HBO) and managed to get the incredible Lackawanna Blues made (also for HBO). She also served as a producer on a third biopic in 2010, Frankie & Alice, in which she played the title role of Frankie Murdoch, a multiple personality disorder sufferer with racial identity issues. It’s possible that none of these would see the flicks would’ve seen the light of day without Berry’s involvement. It’s also true that the best of the three films she’s produced is the one in which she didn’t act.

So while I’d be happy to see an Angela Davis biopic — a raw and honest one — I’d be less excited if it starred Halle. Ms. Berry is not without her talents. She does fragile well. She plays a decent crack addict. She seems to excel at love scenes. But tenacious, academic, formidable? These are not qualities that are as easy for her to pull off.

As we know, this is likely a one-shot deal. If an Angela Davis film is made, there’ll only be one. Which means one chance to get it right. If Halle Berry really wants to get it right, she’ll stay behind the camera and get someone like Sophie Okenedo, Nicole Ari Parker, Sanaa Lathan, Jurnee Smollet (if we’re going young), or an unknown to stand in front of it.

But that’s just one writer’s opinion. What do you guys think?

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Says Overfield:

The most frustrating people are the ones who imply everyone should just shut up and “wait and see” or “leave them alone.” That kind of attitude and oppression is not in the spirit of Nina Simone whatsoever. Quite the opposite. Nina was vocal, defiant, a warrior, an activist. She would not have simply shut up and sat down. She would’ve shown up at the studio with a shotgun to speak with Ms. Mort and slapped the makeup off Zoe. So let’s get that straight first. We’re going to talk about this and those of us with strong, impassioned opinions are going to express them.

He goes on to state that, though the film’s production can’t be stopped, its more problematic notions should continue to be highlighted. Among those is the “straightfacing” of an out gay male, Clifton Henderson, who has been previously reported to be written as Nina’s love interest in Mort’s script:

It is also the first instance of Cynthia’s script exploiting a marginalized identity by essentially putting “straightface” on an out gay man. This is rather curious since Mort herself is a lesbian and you’d wonder how she’d feel being rewritten as a heterosexual woman under the guise of someone else’s “artistic license.” Would Cynthia Mort be pleased with someone rewriting her own history to the point where her sexuality becomes a trivialized inconvenience? I guess someone would have to ask her that. I won’t bother.

Welp.

Above all, Overfield takes umbrage with an issue that plagues many biopics, particularly black ones helmed by non-black writers and directors. The idea of buying the rights to someone’s life story, then altering it until it’s unrecognizable just because you can, is one that we should all find unsettling. Beyond casting Zoe Saldana, Cynthia Mort has show a blatant disregard for veracity, when it comes to being the first person to bring a version of Nina Simone’s life to the big screen. As Overfield reminds us, Mort hasn’t fact-checked, consulted Simone’s family, or shown any level of concern for respectfully rendering an icon’s lived experiences–and he believes one thing alone motivates that level of arrogance — privilege:

Cynthia Mort is not a black woman. That is a very crucial point here. I am a white man. I know that as a white man I do not have the authority to speak of the black experience because it is not my experience. I cannot and will not “speak” for black people or assume to know the intricacies of racism, as experienced by black people. The privilege and arrogance it takes to do so is disturbing and downright disgusting.

The entire open letter is certainly worth a read. In conversation with some of the other careful and thought-provoking write-ups on the issue, it leaves no stone of offense unturned.

Are you over the Nina biopic issue yet? Does this open letter re-fuel your anger? 

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If you’re at all familiar with Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, you know that her books are gems that lend themselves to frequent rereading and — if the upcoming film based on her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, is any indication — to media adaptation. Her latest, Americanah, will be no exception. At its center is the love story of Ifemelu and Obinze, teenagers who meet at a Lagos school and are eventually separated by military conflict and personal ambition. They reunite fifteen years later to find themselves faced with greater challenges than they could’ve imagined.

According to Shadow and Act, “the term ‘Americanah’ is a derogatory word used in Nigeria to label other Nigerias who have become too *Americanized.*” Since Ifemelu spends a good deal of the novel in America, pursuing her studies and a post-grad career as a writer, we can imagine the term is one that will be leveled at her. Obinze is disallowed entry into the U.S. after 9/11.

Avid Adichie fans like myself will be thrilled to know that the wait for this book won’t be too long. The 352-page hardcover will be published by Knopf on May 14, 2013, and Amazon already has it available for pre-order.

In the meantime, re-watch the writer’s brilliant TED talk on the Dangers of a Single Story:

Are you looking forward to Americanah? Have you read Chimamanda Adichie’s other books, Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun, and The Thing Around Your Neck?

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