Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Freedom of Speech
Best-selling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, gives the first of four 2022 Reith Lectures on freedom, looking at what freedom of speech means.
Best-selling Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gives the first of four BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures, discussing freedom of speech. She argues that it feels like freedom of speech is under attack. Cancel culture, arguments about “wokeness" and the assault on Salman Rushdie have produced a febrile atmosphere. Meanwhile autocrats and populists have undermined the very notion of an accepted fact-based truth which lives above politics. So how do we calibrate freedom in this context? If we have the freedom to offend, where do we draw the line?
The year's lecture series was inspired by President Franklin D Roosevelt's four freedoms speech of 1941 and features four different speakers. The lectures are:
Freedom of Speech by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Freedom of Worship by Rowan Williams,
Freedom from Want by Darren McGarvey,
and Freedom from Fear by Fiona Hill.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Jim Frank |
| Production Coordinator | Brenda Brown |
| Editor | Hugh Levinson |
The Reith Lectures
A special series of lectures to enrich the intellectual and cultural life of the nation.
