She made this known during an address at the just concluded Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality.

Chimamanda shocked everyone at the forum when she revealed that she went to a “Big man in media” house after she wrote a book of poems who she thought would help her promote the book.

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She went on to reveal how within a minute, the said man slipped his hands down her clothes and then moved on to her bra and squeezed her boobs.

She said, “I was so shocked that I did nothing for seconds but then, I pushed his hand away, gently, nicely, because I didn’t want to offend him. Later that day, I broke out in a rash on my face, neck, and chest, as though my body was recoiling, as though my body was saying what my lips had not said.”

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Chimamanda Adichie is a proud advocator of gender equality and also encourages women who have been abused before to come out and share their stories.

Her outspokenness on feminism and women related issues especially in terms of sexual harassments and violations now comes in a new light as she shares her own.