A Private Experience

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"A Private Experience" is a 2008 short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It was first published in The Guardian .^{[ citation needed ]}

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Gale, C. (2018). "A Study Guide for Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's ""A Private Experience""". Short Stories for Students. Gale, Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-0-02-866550-4 . Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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Bibliography
Novels	Purple Hibiscus (2003) Half of a Yellow Sun (2007) Americanah (2013) Dream Count (2025)
Short fiction	"The Headstrong Historian" (2008) "A Private Experience" (2008) The Thing Around Your Neck (2009) "Birdsong" (2010) "Apollo" (2015) "The Arrangements" (2016) "Zikora" (2020)
Children's books	Mama's Sleeping Scarf (2023)
Nonfiction	We Should All Be Feminists (2013) Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017) Notes on Grief (2021)
Adaptations	""Flawless" (Beyoncé song) Half of a Yellow Sun (2013)

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