Sharing her views on the importance of literature and freedom of speech, award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently said that she believes literature is in peril due to our social censure. Adichie said this during the BBC Reith Lectures on November 30, 2022.
Criticising publishers for their use of sensitivity readers, Adichie said, “literature is increasingly viewed through ideological rather than artistic lenses.” She further said that due to this, in today's times Salman Rushdie’s hugely controversial book 'The Satanic Verses' wouldn't even have been written or published because of censorship.
