On June 5th, The New York Public Library and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment celebrated the culminating event for New York City’s One Book, One New York program with a special evening featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her book AMERICANAH at the historic Celeste Bartos Forum. Broadway and Showtime’s Billions series actress, Condola Rashad opened with a reading from AMERICANAH. Adichie was interviewed on stage by BuzzFeed editor Isaac Fitzgerald in front of a sold-out 500-person audience and among the many themes of the book discussed were immigration, family, race and, hope.
You can view the entire event here.
