When Chimamanda met Hillary: a tale of how liberals cosy up to power | Fatima Bhutto

How many times must famous writers not only fail to confront the violence inflicted by the west, but actually celebrate it?

In April, at an event called Resist and Reimagine, PEN America invited Hillary Clinton to deliver the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write lecture. The former secretary of state, chosen by America’s pre-eminent literary organisation for her “human rights accomplishments”, engaged in a Q&A afterwards with Nigerian American novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

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